What you Can Learn From a Marching Band
You might learn to be a woman warrior
You could learn some crafty little dance moves
You could shake a trumpet
You could reflect the light of the sun in a trombone
You can reflect the light;
You can throw your sticks up into the air
You could throw them so high
They don’t come down;
You could learn to make a mighty sound
You could do the snake walk
And blow a bone flute at the same time;
You could learn when to lay out;
You could learn not to make excuses
Learn to practice
Work hard be prepared
Trust in God;
You could learn how to shine your shoes
How to tie your tie
How to make sure your leggings stay free of shoe polish;
You can learn how to flip a flag up into the air;
You could learn to march
To sing while you march
To jam the march
Dance and march;
When you’re tired out —
You could march;
You could learn to be tired and march
To be done
And march;
You could learn to march
March anyway;
Then you could teach march;
Give it over to your students
What it felt like when you learned it;
When you learned it and what it felt like
The day you did something
You didn’t learn;
What that felt like
What that felt like
What it ratta-tat-tat felt like.
jsg, usa
monday, january 21, 2013
inaugural parade