Tuesday, June 23, 2015

"Calculus"

As a kid, I had lots of big plans, and one of them involved a complex over-the-top complex piece of music to be called “Calculus.” I eventually created both a song and a piece of art with that title, but neither came close to what I’d originally imagined. Art is full of compromises, at least mine is. Sometimes that’s the only way to get it finished.

Calculus

© 1992 Brian Hutzell

How to begin, confusion again
Looks like a dump, sounds like a foreign language
Estimate the time and the date
Feel like a chump--watching the future languish

Combat ignorance
Give it a smack with Calculus
At bat, each of us
Go to the mat with Calculus

Angles arise, foolish and wise
Think it's a crock:  pretending they have the answers
Stumbling block--sharing a drink with cancer

Combat ignorance
Give it a smack with Calculus
At bat, each of us
Go to the mat with Calculus

Hang on to innocence
Give it a hand with Calculus
Do something scandalous
Take a stand with Calculus

Attention subjects!  Heed the call!
Unwise objections won't resolve
The problems facing us today
Don't be naive; they won't go away

But that ignorance,
Given a smack with Calculus
Won't stand the slightest chance
Driven back with Calculus

Hang on to innocence
Give it a hand with Calculus
Do something scandalous
Take a stand with Calculus



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