The Drum
Found Art - De Young Museum - Golden Gate Park
by Kat Stepanski
Relic. Wooden Papua New Guinea drum,
never to be struck again, yet on display.
Bigger than two people combined.
Carved through ancestral collaboration.
Wanting the resonance, pulsation of corner grooves.
Mesmerized by the wasted sound of silence.
Kat Stepanski has written for NBC Universal, The Oakland Tribune, and San Francisco Bay Guardian. She resides in Berkeley with her daughter.