Band Music

band music that you don't know how to play

in the first rehearsals of the year

and the recording

and it's so unbelievably beautiful

and you don't know how you'll ever to play it

but then it starts coming together

piece by piece

slowly sounding like it should 

and it sounds more and more like the recording

then you add your own touch

and it's so beautiful 

it sounds like the recording

and you're so proud of it but also so sick of it

because to make it pretty

you had to practice it

over and over and over again

It's so beautiful but also so not but so much so

and you're so tired of it

but it's so beautiful

and then the concert comes up

And so you play together for the last time

something goes wrong

but you can't listen

because you're concentrating

It's all over before you can even really think

blood, toil, tears, and sweat

 all within minutes

and then it's over. It's all over.

thanks for reading

stupid poetry about something I didn't even intend to write about oops :P

and also this took way longer than it should had

My (nonserious) thoughts.....about Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a season of gratitude
It's also more than that
It's a season of messed up routines
Of stomach flu
Of so much sleep
Of turkey
And of oversized idiots tackling each other
Why can't they each get their own ball?

Thanksgiving is an awkward holiday
Stuck between the start of school and Christmas
Gives people a false happiness of a break
But pulls away, with a teasing tone
"Too bad, you still have three more weeks before break!"
It symbolizes the start of Christmas
Goodbye turkey, hello Santa

Black Friday is also odd
People trying to get best deals
Buying things that will be useless in two months
A day to be greedy
And to get more things
After the day of being thankful for what you have

In all, Thanksgiving is a nice holiday
But it's also an odd holiday
It's a trailer for Christmas
An excuse for overeating
And for overspending
Goodbye Thanksgiving
Come back and be awkward again next year.

Apples!!

So many apples.
Mama likes buying apples.
Picked 9 pounds
Bought 12 pounds
Then bought 46 more pounds
Equals lots of apples.
Apple pie time.
Many, many, apples.

Chem buff

Ations
by Shel Silverstein


If we meet and I say, 'Hi,'
That's a salutation.
If you ask me how I feel,
That's a consideration.
If we stop and talk a while,
That's a conversation.
If we understand each other,
That's a communication.
If we argue, scream and fight,
That's an altercation.
If later we apoligize,
That's reconciliation.
If we help each other home,
That's a cooperation.
And all these actions added up
Make Civilization.
(And if I say this is a wonderful poem,
Is that exaggeration?)

Saw the word "Ation" and thought, "They spelled it wrong. It should be Anion or Cation not Ation".

Audition

Haven't practiced over the summer
No particular experience choosing audition pieces
No private teacher to help teach
Can't ask band teacher since s/he's the one auditioning me
Wants to get into a higher level band
Chose piece I didn't like
Changed piece 2 hours before audition
Auditioning done by person I really don't want to fail in front of
Totally botched rhythm of my solo during audition
Also totally botched chromatic scale
Wonder how I did.




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Is this poetry? It certainly looks like poetry.....am I a poet? This wasn't even intentional.....