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puppet pipes and flute and me and the dog (challenge poem

Posted by Frank on October 25, 2008, 1:15 pm

puppet pipes and flute and me and the dog

while you rehearse with penny whistle
the dog begins to whine
then to howl

accompaniment and song

at some level
everything we do is a performance

the dragon and the gnome
all of your characters
are in the cabinet now
pensioned off behind glass

puppetry was a stage you trod
in front of little children

but now you drum
and whistle
now you uke-lay
piano phrases
and overdubbed harmonies in the front room
between traffic sounds
off the street

the dog and me are players
who sing along
under the approving eyes
of puppet boys and girls

and why not
the show is for all of us
this time

sometimes I think the whistle
sounds like pipes

perhaps a flute

~

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puppet pipes and flute and me and the dog (challenge poem - Frank October 25, 2008, 1:15 pm

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