Thank You Robert Krulwich
Upon Hearing What B Flat Does to Alligators
It
circles, circles in my brain
Like
a black bird hovering oe'r Bahrain.
When
suddenly I hear a voice pull me back
From
chaos's choice by speaking of the sound effect
B-flat
evokes in swampy tracts
Where
tubas generally show no disrespect.
On
the radio I hear a voice like crystal--
Plain
and clear--say b-flat plus tuba equals bellow
When
witnessed by an alligator. No pistol
Could
irk a creature more in mire mellow.
I laugh until an image glints: in Jericho a sand grain
I laugh until an image glints: in Jericho a sand grain
Remembers
the day it heard Joshua's band play.
Back
in Bahrain the 'copters tumble again.
And
I think: I'll learn the tuba and march to D.C. someday.
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