Love Poem: Listening and Waiting For the Right Time To Sing
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Written by: Allan Terry

Listening and Waiting For the Right Time To Sing

tHE aLTO).....HEY I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LONG TIME
WHATS BEEN GOING ON
WHATS BEEN HAPPENING
TELL ME EVERYTHING
tHE BASSMAN).....WELL i GOT MARRIED: CHEATED ON MY WIFE HAD FOUR KIDS: i GOT DIVORCED
MY kIDS MOVED IN WITH ME
MY BEST FRIEND STARTED SEEING MY CHILDREN'S MOTHER
HE GOT HER PREGNANT, WE BRAWLED LIKE DOGS FOR YEARS. 
WE STOPPED ALL THAT JIVE AND STARTED RAISING OUR CHILDREN TOGETHER.
i GOT MARRIED AGAIN, AND DIVORCED THE SAME YEAR: MARRIED A YEAR LATER TO THIS bad< bad MISSUS: SHE LIKE THE BEST THING A MAN COULD EVER HAVE:
FOUND OUT sHE WAS A BUSY LOOSEY WHO'D WHOCHI cOOTCHI WITH JUST ABOUT ANYBODY: DROPPED THAT mISSUS, FOUND MY CURRENT WIFE WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS, i LOVE THIS WOMAN.
fOUND THOSE SNAKES IN MY LIFE THAT LIKED EXPLOITING ME.
fOUND THAT AMBITION OF FRIENDS CAN MAKE A MESS OF THINGS. mY MOTHER HAS BEEN ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET ME AND MY FIRST WIFE BACK TOGETHER, i CAN'T GO TO MY MOTHERS WITHOUT MY WIFE. a WOMAN WHO WAS MY FIANCE TOLD ME THAT SHE THINKS HER OLDEST CHILD WAS MINE, WE WAITING FOR THE WORD ON THAT.
bUSINESS IS GREAT, JUST GOT KEEP THEM GOATS OUTTA MY GARDEN, AND TRY TO KEEP THE FOXES OUTTA THE HENHOUSE, AND NOT TO MENTION THOSE STRAY DOGS THAT LIKE OVERTURNING MY TRASH CANS. oTHER THAN THAT AIN'T A DAMN THING HAPPENING!
tHE sOPRANO).....i HEARD THAT! AIN'T NO JIVE LIKE THE JIVE YOU GOING THROUGH, AND NO ONE THINKS THEY ARE EFFECTING WHATS GOING ON: AND THEY LIKE TO KEEP IT ALL ON YOU!
THE BASSMAN).....I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT. FOR REAL I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT! I GOT TO BE GOING, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER ONE NIGHT ALL OF US, AND PARTY LIKE WE USE TO!
HERE'S MY CARD, BUSINESS IS DOING WELL YA'LL COME BY AND BRING THE INSTRUMENTS, I GOT SOME BADAZZ SISTERS WHO CAN SING! I MEAN THEY CAN BLOW A WHOLE IN A TEN FOOT WALL, SONIC OCTAVES SMOOTH SOUNDS!
tHE tENER)..RIGHT ON BROTHER WE CAN DO THAT! FOR REAL MAN SEE YA'LL THEN!