CHURCHILL DAFFODILS AND LIPSTICK

Read Write Poem 108
Prompt...random words from a music dictionary

The chord and the cadence
forming a string quartet with the
Busoni boys set sail
in a beautiful legato boat
in search of tierce de picardie
an island in the sonata sea

Inhabited mostly by poets and weavers
it was owned by Major 3rd who won it
in a poker game from his cousin crescendo
now diminuendo'd and rallentando'd
from too much vino and vivace


Musicians lived there exclusively once
but were exiled to the isle of apoggiatura
for creating dissonance too many disputes
between the neapolitan 2nds and the french 6ths

Appogiatura was run by Barbra Seville and Bessie May Mucho
two heavily made up mature mime artists with bee hive hairdos
who painted all the buildings daffodil yellow and lipstick pink
as a token of appreciation to Winston Churchill who provided
them with little luxuries during the war

There were constant complaints from neighbouring islands
because of noisy counter tenors and prestissimo partying
Barbra Seville and Bessie May Mucho were not fussed as long
as boat loads of daffodils and lipstick arrived regularly
from the mainland to boost morale

On reaching tierce de picardie
the cadential 6/4 quartet
sat on the beach hugged their fiddles
and played poco pizzicato watching
the fireworks shoot star bursts
from nearby appogiatura isle

All seemed well but the Busoni boys
secret party animals sub ponticello con brio
were already planning an escape
their violin cases crammed with tutti and brass
were eager to rendez vous with the gorgeous grace note girls
Candy Wrapper, Courtney Act and Fairy Moans