One small pause
In my weekend
Its entirety spent
Intensely honed in on
absorbing important material
For my impending exam
Blissfully alone
(A rare occurrence)
I lit a small stick
Of palo santo
For the simple pleasure
Of its soothing aroma
My focus was excellent
Too good, in fact
A wee bit o’ tinder
Caught fire
(But not my attention)
Thick, black smoke
Crept its way
Across my ceiling
Until the alarm
Rattled my eardrums
Bashir the dog
Soberly observed
Physical comedy in action
Flailing a foam butt cushion
I fanned the hall detector
While Bash judged me
With mournful eyes
Unbeknownst to me
Alarm company dispatched
The fire department
Sunday at 1pm
Sirens blaring in the distance
My horror at the thought
Every nosy neighbour
In rapt attendance
Cannot be understated
Who calls 911
To send AWAY a fire engine?
(Me, of course)
Desperately begging the operator
Not to let them come
Frantic texts to next door
DO NOT GO MAKE ME
BEAR THIS ALONE
As they drove slowly
Along my street
Mercifully silent
I have never
Been so glad
To dodge
Six attractive men
In uniform
😂
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (4)
Hahahahahahahahhaha you actually called 911 to send away the fire engine? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jokes aside, I'm so glad you and Bashir are okay
Well-wrought! Little mishaps seem comic blessings once we've endured grave tragedies.
LOL! Great poem
LOL. Sounds like a bloody nightmare. Glad you managed to get them to turn around though. 💜 I will endeavor to be much more careful with incense!