Saturday, May 28, 2016

May 28, 2016

THE  MUSIC  STORE

Guitars, drums, violins, flutes,
trumpets, a tuba, keyboards,
a whole shelf of harmonicas,
saxophones, synthesizers,
sheets and sheets of music, but
all we were silent - as I walked
into the Music Store - just to
peek in on what was inside.

Oh no!  Uh oh! I could hear
every instrument screaming,
“Look at me!” “Check me out.”
“Buy me.” “Learn me” “Play me.”

Sorry! I have a tin ear and have no
feel for music - but I did try the
trombone and lasted at it for
2 weeks when I was in high school.
Then when I left the music store, 
I saw a homeless man just sitting 
there and I heard him screaming 
silently,  “Understand me!”


© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016

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