Crescendo
The BBC orchestra was in full flow
Sibelius symphony number two
We were third row in the balcony
Up there you get a better view
Suddenly she sat bolt upright
Whispering to me with a sigh
How her neighbour's right hand
Had just been stroking her thigh
I turned to glare at the aged culprit
It was then we decided to swap places
Now the ensemble was playing Brahms
The violinist going through his paces
It was near the end of the first movement
That I noticed a hand touching my knee
Quite losing track of the pizzicato
My sang-froid went went right out of key
It was then I saw the offenders white stick
He seemed to be blind in each eye
By now he was tapping out the beat
Not on my knee but my left thigh
Thinking: "This seems an honest mistake"
I let the codger carry on with his error
His hand was strangely warm and rhythmic
The Mozart encore soothed my terror
Just then I copped where his left hand was
And the enigmatic stare of a matron.
For, far from beating out the music
His crabbed fingers were inside her apron!
Forgetting about Wolfgang Amadeus
I grabbed the sex-maniac by the throat
At which a lady usher intervened
Which struck a discordant note
I'm in custody now for assault but
I cant seem to make them understand
Why I decked an innocent old geezer-
The conductor emeritus of the band!
Don Matthews
Sun 9th Aug 2020 00:37
Very good Simon....