Monday, 3 April 2017

Irritable Bowel Symphony

A poem from January 2017
A symphony
All about the movements
The motions
The noises
The instruments


A modern section
Loose and runny
Scherzo, but not very funny
Scattered scatology
Featuring the slide trombone
Alternates with hard staccato sounds
Bullets shooting
Hard drum beats
As if forcing out notes and irrythm


Intestinal tuba curled and coiled
Pain - a dullness or a screech of high note violin
Precedes the spotlight on the wind section
Crescendo, then quiet relief
Play the instrument with sensitivity
Stress the right notes
Get the tension
Know the score
Squeeze and then relax
Let the listener feel the contrasts
Round and round the music goes
When will it end?
Nobody knows



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    1. Thank you. I wanted something good to come out of the experience.

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