Monday, 7 April 2025

This is Not a Live Performance


Day Seven





To punctuate a gag like our Eric 

The look - the hook of the brow -

And the audience go off

Like a fuse got lit

With a little tip of the spectacles

 

What style. What economy.

The meticulous made breezy,

Admittedly, though, we're mostly 

less than Morecambe.

I've waggled my specs to many a stony silence.

 

I ask myself: does the rock star

Drop to his knees, throwback

The enviable shock of hair

And noodle his chops,

High up the fretboard, 

On the same cue every night?


Some of us are better in the studio.

Production-heavy, pat,

And approval on the edit.

The audience applauds!

(I will tell you when the camera cuts).


The lacklustre caterpillar

May criticise the chrysalis;

For you can never miss a beat

If you don't pay the drummer.

 

At the wedding, we watched the groom

Berate his blushing bride

For a misstep on the dancefloor,

We solemnly pretended

They'd not been taking lessons.







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