TheBanyanTree: Song of Spring

[Mike Pingleton]

wonderful!

2012/3/22 Theta Brentnall <tybrent at gmail.com>

> *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 /
>