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STANDING TALL AT CARNEGIE HALL

My first gig?  
Benny Goodman  
It’s a shame  
I don’t remember much  
First day jitters and all  
I do remember that beautiful  
RCA 44BX that I cradled  
Man she was sexy  
And me, chrome-plated perfection  

That was 80 years ago  
Chrome now somewhat pitted  
I’m still active duty  
but in an emeritus role  
Don’t grace the stage much anymore  
I dearly miss some of my mics  
Much shorter life-spans they have  
I can work for another 100 years.  
Just keep some WD-40 handy.  
 
Blessed I am  
To have worked with the greats  
Too many to mention them all  
Some of my favorites?  
Billie Holiday was the best!  
As if she slow danced with me.  
The opera singers were thrilling  
Scary at times  
Callas, Pavarotti, Price, Domingo  
They made me tremble!  
 
Some Rock ‘n’ roll acts were raucous  
Jerry Lee nearly toppled me...  
sent a piano bench flying my way  
And Chuck made me nervous...  
feared he’d trip on a cord.  
I have never since heard humanity scream  
as loud as they did for the Beatles.  
 
I could go on forever.  
But I’ll shut up for now.  
Save the rest  
for my soon-to-be published memoir.  
“I Can Stand It.”  

 Okay, one last thing I need to address...
the horrid practice of mic dropping.
May I say that I and my fellow mic stands
consider this an appalling, ludicrous practice.
A cruelty visited on our friends
that we've sworn to protect.

See you at the Hall…  
or not at all.
Written by Gahddess_Worship (Osomajestuoso)
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