Mag#146 "METRO-GNOME-EYE"

METRO-GNOME-EYE

REMINDS ME

OF
 SISTER'S ENDLESS

RECITALS

 AS

MISS TUFFMAN EVER WATCHING

THIRD EYE

ON THE METRO-GNOME-EYE

AN OLD MAID PIANO TEACHER

WONT TO

CARRY AN IVORY BATON

CONSTANT AS

I SHALL CALL HER WOLFIE

TAPS IMPATIENTLY

HER

SPIDER-LIKE FINGERS

RAPPING

 BLOODY

MURDER ON

RAW KNUCKLES

NOW BUTT-TUCKED

AND WAR-READY

TO

SUCCUMB

TO THE IVORIES

SACRIFICIAL ALTAR

TOO REAL

THIS

"KEEP TIME"
OH YES

 YES, TIMING IS EVERYTHING

MISS TUFFMAN

BEATING OUT

LATENT FRUSTRATION

ON AND ON THE DREAM

OH BE SILENT

ENDLESS NIGHTMARE

"NOT AGAIN"

 FROM THE MUSIC ROOM

A SHRILL SCREAM

THE MUSIC STOPPED

HORUS' EYE GREW LARGER

THE PRESENT NEED TO GRAB THE BRASS RINGS
THE HEINZMAN

A FOCUSED

SINGLE-MINDEDNESS
EXACTING CONSERVATORY STANDARDS
BLOWN-AWAY MINUETS
AS

THE WILD EYES OF MISS TUFFMAN
GRAY HAIR BUN STIFF
LASER-LIKE BEFORE LASERS

ENOUGH TO FREEZE TIME
IN A COLD WAR

THE DESCENDING SCALE 

ASCENDS ONCE AGAIN

 TO FULL CRESCENDO 

BEETHOVEN'S 5TH

RETURN TO MAJESTIC CALM

TAP TAP THE MUSIC BEGINS

BACK TO BACKS ERECT
SWITCH'S WITCH

HANDS CURLED

AN AHEM AND JAW CLENCH 

THE SCENT OF PERFECT DECORUM

ROSE DOGWOOD PAWS

 CLAW THE BLUE BERBER 

THE CREAKING STOOL

MIMICS

8TH GRADE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

HOLY TAP

ONE CAN'T STOP

HEARTBEATS

SAVE THAT ONE IRON MAIDEN LOOK 

LICKETY-SPLIT

OUTTA HERE

SKIP TO MY LOU

PRACTICE IS OVER

AS I WAIT IN THE VESTIBULE

WATCHING THE FISH SWIM

AROUND DIVER DAN

MINE IS A FREER VERSE

ONLY THE INNER DRUMMER HEARS

KNOWING INTUITIVELY

A THING OR TWO ABOUT

THOSE WHO HAVE

 KNOWN ONLY HOW TO

ENDURE

THE INCESSANT CLICK-CLACK

OF THE INFERNAL CLOCK

 THIS NEEDY NSTRUMENT

THAT DULY MEASURES

OUR INFINITE PAIN

 

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