The Final Concert

 All the members of the band listed below are on the current endangered species list. I would argue that Man should also be included, largely due to his own greed and stupidity. You can hear their 'Swan Song' here. I do not know if there is a species that will record our demise.

I want to play in a band with a crazy name,

hear the base trombone that the blue whales blow,

trumpet with the elephant, and grunt with the lion,

hear the swarm and the hive, sing and jive.

I want to play in a band with a crazy name,

see the colours and the sounds, rise and fall;

a pulsing rainbow from life's one aura,

where my voice will not signal, fear to them all.

I want to play in a band with a crazy name,

be announced by the brassy Whooping Crane;

rhythms ratcheted up by Puerto Rican Crested Toads,

in the back, Cascade Frogs clearing their throats in vain..

I want to play in a band with a crazy name

Pacific Walrus plaintiff strumming;

wind section of Bare Shanked Screeching Owls,

and American Alligators, percussion rolling.

I want to play in a band with a crazy name,

where the Common Loon will make mocking fun,

of the all too serious Mexican grey wolf,

and the Polar Bear can still swallow the sun.

I want to play in a band with a crazy name,

a band that needs no more rehearsals,

a band that calls us all together,

a band with a crazy name like . . . Earth.

© Niall OConnor 2013