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We Be Jammin

he's a heavy
metal ballerina
without
the tutu

rapidly tip
toeing double
bass drums
accompanied

by cymbals
and snare
snarling
beat to

beat the band
but the music
box never
slowly 

winds down
but abruptly

stops

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/3/2019 9:52:00 PM

Look up Chris Ho, Places you’ve Been, on U Tube. He’s my Wife’s Nephew. It’s a great album. If you have a streaming service you might want to down load it.

Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/6/2019 5:32:00 PM

I did listen to a few of Chris Ho's songs Richard. Very pleasant light and easy. Great voice!!!

Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/4/2019 11:10:00 AM

Will do Richard.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/3/2019 9:46:00 PM

I checked out the videos. They are talented musician. Not my personal genre but I can still appreciate they have talent.

Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/4/2019 11:10:00 AM

Thanks Richard.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 10/2/2019 1:51:00 PM

Industrial strength poetics. Love it. Reminds me if a show or two. xomo

Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/4/2019 5:51:00 AM

Lol Maureen. It's a shame they couldn't mic the guitar properly, but after all it was in the library shhhhhh lol.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 10/3/2019 8:08:00 AM

Lol! Love it! That's yours on the drums? They're so Dayglo ;D, the comment is wtf...

Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/2/2019 5:03:00 PM

Thanks Maureen. This was written last night after my son, on a newly bought used drum kit, and I on quasi electric guitar did an impromptu session. (A plug for he and his friend's band, on YouTube: Anime Titty Flesh Wound. The infamous high school talent show in the library "Dead Dog Society) check email out peeps...