20191209.0430

Ranting, he claimed
Some other was playing us all
Like a fucking flute
And I have to wonder
Why a flute is seen as easy
Is it because it is so often in the hands of women
And women
Of course
Cannot do the difficult things
Because putting up with men is so easy
Of course
But while it may be the case that
To make a certain shaft sing when blown
Is no hard thing
Or not hard long
It is not an easy thing to wind a flute
To carry it as it must be borne to be played well
With arm upraised and flute held straight
For the hours
And hours
And hours
That even the barest beginning of playing well demands
Note that the instrumentalists
Though they complain of flutists far from seldom
Never tell the jokes of them they do of drummers
And the drum is a better thing we're played like
Being beaten about the head
Or banged, often and loudly