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MUSIC PROFESSION (Remove filter)

ARTHUR (musical mayhem)

Arthur was a drummer, an agent too

but his beat was not his claim to fame

enthusiasm was the name of his game.

 

Uneasy, hasty, jocular

his drumming was like a wrecking ball.

We met while slaving

over a table top stripper

dancing on broken glass,

a rare communion of unlike minds.

 

Arthur got people together

moved them around, chivvying

a forever project

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MUSIC PROFESSION

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