Overheard in the Home for Retired Musicians
Though I’m stymied by your crepitus, your embouchure’s divine.
If you don’t have your own tune, would you harmonize with mine?
Your tonality is breathtaking, your rhythm right on beat.
Your syncopation’s perfect. I fear I can’t compete.
As we play, our joints keep time. My knees snap, crackle, pop.
If our music were to lead to love, you’d have to be on top!
For MVB: Heard
Duck and Cover
Little Duck heard Big Duck trying to cover a new Tom Waits song and he was rattling at the door to get out.
Little Duck couldn’t help vamping it up a bit as he joined in the chorus
As if magnetized, Little Duck was drawn to Big Duck’s riffs, but when, his enthusiasm overwhelming him, he attempted to join in, he ruined the chord.
He attempted to straighten out Big Duck’s fingering, but they could both tell this wasn’t going to work.
So, once Little Duck was able to overcome Big Duck’s slight annoyance, they were able to talk it over and come to a compromise.
And together, they discovered they could take the “Long Way Home” together. THE END
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 