Quirky concert

The orchestra is settling down

When the harpsichordist arrives 

Late and flustered .

We've been told that she pushed

Her way into the ensemble

But she can't push a note

It is so bad they moved the mikes

So the audience won't hear her quacks.

Rather quirky for a concert!

The percussionist marches on

Armed with a wooden chair

Sets it in front of the stage

And starts playing on its back

In a quick tempo taken by the violins.

For a baroque concert, it's quirky!

She disappears bringing back

A common broom with a wooden handle

That she uses to mark the marching beat 

Against the resonant parquet floor

It won't cause her death

As  it's not Lully's silver staff.

It's turning into a quirky concert.

Suddenly a flying paper plane

Crosses the air above the players.

A proper paper planes fight takes place

While the music continues undisturbed

It 's all planned,

They are Cupids learning their trade.

Kind of quirky for a concert! 

The second recorder

Turns white

And leaves the stage

The first one plays 

A longer solo than planned

In which sight reading

Becomes of moot importance.

The diva does not miss a note

Venus has lost Adonis.

But Mim has saved the day.

What a quirky concert! 

Lucette C. Bailliet ©

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