Tis a Season

it seems thinking
about this time
of year is
Tchaikovsky
nut cracking but
not other
Russians

why fight
with a rat king 
knowing exactly
his defeat and
demise why
not try a
satire

by Prokofiev or
better yet
direct and
to the point
atonal music
that any ahole...
nal

anybody
could play
in the most
uncompliacted
of ways know
ing no way
to play

but
playing
the triangle
exactly at
the wrong
time but
when

it was 
meant

to be
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December 19, 2019 at 7:40 PM
Very convincing Jeff. Well written and to the point. Thanks for sharing
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December 20, 2019 at 4:20 AM
Yup it lacks a tonal center or key
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December 19, 2019 at 8:08 PM
Hahaha thank you Gregory. So you know atonal music?
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