They would always say, look dear boy br do not wish your life away, as they br looked within themslves with a sharp br look of regret. They are all just pictures br now, peering from the piano. Sometimes br when I play chop sticks or the theme tune br from Beverly Hills cop I see them laughing at me, br even those that are not smiling seem br to be thinking the same thing. All of them br in a frozen told- you -so stance. br Looking down at my fingers I notice that br some of them are as yellow as the keys, br stained with nicotine, a danger they do br not list on the packet. br Why is it that when we were young br and we indulged in our then pleasures br all stains, and mess would wash away br with the aid of a little water and soap br before I answer myself and just as I hit br another wrong note another of those br faces seems to break into a smile.