the mad accordian
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Poem about an accordian, illustrated by Louise HubbardTRANSCRIPT
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The
by Louise
Illustra
ted
Hubbard
Mad
Accordian
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Take the box,shake the box,
if you must(and you must)
snap the haspand break the locks
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and
take
out
the
mad
acc
ordi
on...
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Let y
our
finge
rs
s
trok
e its
key
s
let t
he
sl
inky
pl
aint
ive
whe
eze
lead
you
t
hrou
gh th
e da
rken
ing
tre
es
stag
e
to a
land
ing
upo
n a
lake
sho
re
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where reeds creak
and dandelion spore and duck down dance down to the water
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where, beneath the silver surface,
spiky perch fins glisten
and, for a moment,
between heartbeats,
you may
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where, beneath the silver surface,
spiky perch fins glisten
and, for a moment,
between heartbeats,
you may
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pause
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and
liste
n...
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This tim
e, hold it
close,
soon it
will be g
one
like th
e secr
et drea
ms locke
d in th
e hear
t
of the m
ad accordion...
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So a
mon
gst t
he b
ould
ers
and
the
build
ers’
bre
ezeb
lock
s
open
you
r sh
ould
ers,
rais
e yo
ur h
ead,
a
nd p
lay
the
mad
squ
eeze
box
until
you
’re d
ead,
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until every prodigal daughter,
every runaway son
walks home across
the windblown water
on a winding stair of thought. Trade each note
for the next note, there are only these, there are no more
and each note that’s gone
leaves nothing behind,
no stepping stones lead back to the shore.
S
queeze the mad squeezebox,
squeeze diamonds to dust
or stre
tch air into insubstantial chains of a melody,
a living entity that stil
l,
through still
ness, leads you on...
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until every prodigal daughter,
every runaway son
walks home across
the windblown water
on a winding stair of thought. Trade each note
for the next note, there are only these, there are no more
and each note that’s gone
leaves nothing behind,
no stepping stones lead back to the shore.
S
queeze the mad squeezebox,
squeeze diamonds to dust
or stre
tch air into insubstantial chains of a melody,
a living entity that stil
l,
through still
ness, leads you on...
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Find yourself a key,Play it, play it
play it w
ith fingers bleeding and so
re
play it
play it w
eary to the bone
play it
pay it now you’re all a
lone
play it
play it t
ill you lose frie
nds
play it
play it till the song ends
play it
(as if you were free)play it till time bends play it
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Now take
a deep
breath
and play
it some m
ore ….
Silver
fish, like
lightning
Play th
e mad
acco
rdion
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Nightjars in the shadows play the mad accordion
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The momentum in the breaking waves
plays the mad accordion
the patients in their hospital beds
walk through the trapdoors in their heads
to play the mad accordion
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Bugs bunny with his looney tunes
on a million tvs on a million afternoons
still plays the mad accordion
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Bugs bunny with his looney tunes
on a million tvs on a million afternoons
still plays the mad accordion
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s
tretch
a ca
ge ar
ound the s
un
with th
e words o
f the m
ad ac
cordion
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Play m
e,
play m
e till
I brea
k
Or the w
orld
is broken
and I b
elong,
Play m
e
till ea
ch w
ord
is spoken
And each
spoken
word breaks
into so
ng
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Play m
e,
play m
e till
I brea
k
Or the w
orld
is broken
and I b
elong,
Play m
e
till ea
ch w
ord
is spoken
And each
spoken
word breaks
into so
ng
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So says
(or maybe prays)
the man who plays the man
who played the man who is played
by
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th
e
mad
ac
cord
ion
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