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The Last Performance |
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So long, listener.
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Good bye.
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The music was played
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for you, for nobody,
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for all.
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Did it hang together?
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Did it feel right?
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Did it ring true?
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We listen;
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We practice;
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We live;
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We suffer;
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We love.
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At last, the coda.
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If we listened well,
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practiced well,
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lived well,
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suffered well,
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loved well,
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the music was good.
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I will play again---
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uncertain where or when.
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Next time a solo with orchestra
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A wave on an ocean of sound.
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Music in an ocean of light.
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Bill Tallmadge
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1/21/01
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Berea, Kentucky
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bbtallmadge@aol.com
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