Have you ever heard a dogfish howl?
A young student asked Maestro Handel
Are there dogfish swimming
In that sewer called the Thames?
Of course, Handel said no, and
Dismissed the wag to pentatonic scales.
But the thought provoked him
And so, when he wrote
Water Music, he invoked the horns
To speak in guttural barks
That is, when they were not
Ascending to the clouds with
Their high pitched
Effete prancing.
David Reinbold
Art by: Dave Reinbold
Poem by: James Reinbold
© 2014
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