Sunday, August 20, 2006

An ode to SAJC Band

Well, after racking my brains for 3 days I've managed to come up with a poem of sorts as John asked for. It's not perfect, I know, and if anyone else would like to write a different one(Lit students especially) then by all means, go ahead. But if you like it, say so, and I won't feel so bad when John puts this into the Time Capsule.

SAJC Band

So
band practice starts now
here in the band room this morning;
hurry up and assemble the chairs
the conductor's waiting

Can
we get tuning done much faster
though we love to chat with our friends;
but the music has to go on no matter what
and we know when our passion ends

Here
is where you crescendo, and
tongue, maybe accent too, it's all one;
heed those words and listen up unless you
never want to hear the words "well done"

Who
cares that our practices are long
it's true that our pain is our pleasure;
maybe squabbles, back-stabbing and bitching too
'cause times of trouble take our measure

So
look ahead to brighter days
each day has its own ups and downs;
we are in this together for better or worse
so live life to its fullest, it's just begun

Sui Yi Siong
19th Aug 2006
at 11:16 PM 0 comments

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