Hidden Opera
Goodbye the Band
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Grafted onto a perfectly sufficient afternoon, once again Was the gratuitous choreography of unspoken human intuition Much of its florid nature was on full display in the half-empty town square of Jackson, Mississippi, where an open-air demonstration of The woodworking skills of Todd Tree was underway The owner-operator of Todd's Hardware Todd was, in essence, an evolved beaver that Under the normal, controlled environment of a professional woodshop Had the grace of a naturally gifted dancer with the discipline to hone his skill Through years of apprenticeship and study His determination unshakeable even under the harsh critique of a master teacher Humble at his core and functionally ego-less Todd submitted to the laws and ethics of his craft Never considering the potential temptation to use his talent merely for self-aggrandizement Or in a crass exchange of cultural capital With his tools and a pallet of freshly cut wood Todd longed only to animate the hidden opera that Could be revealed exclusively with this particular company of wood saws Bench planes, hammers and safety equipment, in this particular moment in time For the otherwise unoccupied onlookers who were his audience to see But outdoors, with the mere suggestion of wind dancing on his face Like the voice of an uninvited sports announcer commenting On an athlete's every correspondence with the mystical reality They sought to articulate for a crowd of less sophisticated but equally judgmental spectators Todd lost contact with the Zen mania he required to interface with the elements and achieve excellence
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