Spoon Man

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time. - Thoreau

barefoot with insane, piercing eyes

hugging hellos and shunning goodbyes

cling-clanging

clickety-clacking

rickety-racking

clinking-clanking

rat-a-tat-tatting

eternally old

loud and bold

his music dwelling in both heart and soul

long since tarnished

days numbered and place settings garnished

melody's master and grooving's physician

always sleeping in that same one position

never needing a judge to pardon

growing grunge in a sound garden

leaving the weeds to thrive and be

unable to save the woeful likes of me

the onomatopoeia of his epileptic gyrations and fervent, rhythmic prayers dancing

each performance the epitome of chancing

playing a song for all men's lives

good thing he never learned to play with knives

Author's Note

"I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it, and pitied it." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

He sounds like a modern musical dervish, I bought a wooden spoons musical instrument at the Salvation Army for 1 dollar. They were in the kitchenware section. The lady, when I purchased it, asked, what is that thing, we were trying to figure it out. I said it's a musical instrument. Really? Yup. The one man band is still a thing here and there. I enjoyed the read, Pete. F.

[Re-Pete]

hmm, who'd have thought? a good player of them is quite intriguing.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I carry maracas and my spoons in my guitar case when I go out to play. They worked pretty good for the intro to Under the Boardwalk...since I didn't have a washboard. I love that song.

[Re-Pete]

i like that. cool.

[Patricia Wedel]

Wow... Pete... this Poem has the Intrigue of a Mountain Stream where Music of "Silver Spoons flows gently. softly, Pat

[Re-Pete]

hmm. i like the flow of your thoughts. thank you for sharing thoughts pat.

[Moonie]

The onomatopoeia paints a really vivid picture! Poetry is such a powerful tool. Just listening to a well written poem can make you imagine music or colors so vividly! Great work

[Re-Pete]

true that. thanks ever so much for sharing rich thoughts.

[apennylate]

Firstly, immensely solid choice of music.
Secondly, but not second to being first in importance...
This is just a badass work, period.
I did a word-challenge free write with the word "onomatopoeia" quite recently actually, and I am not going to lie, not my favorite word.
You made it look easy, I rat-ah-tat-tatted my way through this forwards and backwards.
Well written, and skippety--wop-hop-boppity-doo to you, sir

[Re-Pete]

thanks for sharing thoughts chase. sounds like you really got into it. "badass" - lol, now that's a good word to use in a write.

[Thomas W Case]

Wow. Tremendous work. You use the sense of sound/hearing very well here.

[Re-Pete]

thanks for clinking thoughts twc,