TheBanyanTree: Song of Spring

[Theta Brentnall]

*Song of Spring*


Balmy night and open window
let the song of spring inside.
Amphibian orchestra
from piccalo to bassoon
sing of love and blooming life.

                   Squeekeep squeekeep

Squeekeep squeekeep

*Squeekeep squeekeep*
Kerreep kereep
/*Hummrupp*/
Squeekeep squeekeep /Squeekeep squeekeep/
Kereepkereep                                                                      
Squeekeep squeekeep
/squeekeep squeekeep/
*Hummrupp* Squeekeep squeekeep Kerreep kereep
             S*queekeep squeekeep* /*Squeekeep squeekeep*/*Hummrupp*
Squeekeep squeekeep Kereepkereep *Squeekeep squeekeep* /squeekeep 
squeekeep/ *Kerreep kereep* *Hummrupp* /*Squeekeep squeekeep*/ ///

~~~silence~~


/What's there?  Shhhh
coyote prowling
car racing by
horses snorting
/
Be quiet, be quiet

And then one voice will raise again
Bold, or foolhardy?


/Squeekeep squeekeep?/

Squeekeep squeekeep


Squeekeep squeekeep


*Hummrupp*
*Squeekeep squeekeep* *Squeekeep squeekeep*

/Squeekeep squeekeep / Squeekeep squeekeep
/Kereepkereep/ *Squeekeep squeekeep*
**/squeekeep squeekeep/
*Hummrupp* Squeekeep squeekeep Kerreep kereep
             Squeekeep squeekeep /Squeekeep squeekeep/ *Hummrupp*
/Squeekeep squeekeep/ *Kereepkereep* /*Squeekeep squeekeep*/ *Squeekeep 
squeekeep* *Kerreep kereepHummrupp* *Squeekeep squeekeep* ///


~~~silence~~~

/What's there?  Shhh
Swooping owl
Thirsty deer
Splashing bass/

It's not a restful lullaby the froggy chorus sings.
The silences are louder than the song.

"Are you awake," he asks me
"Yes" I say.  "I'm listening to the frogs."
"I don't hear anything."
"Yes," I laugh.  "It's intermission."
"Go back to sleep."


/Squeekeep squeekeep /