Today is a big day.
I know because I had nightmares about it.
Nightmares that I wasn’t dressed right, I hadn’t warmed up, people were performing and scrambling and instruments that begin with vio scattered everywhere. Wood, with swirls, to let out sound.
But I don’t play the violin, really.
I have words to forget. an accompanist to get out of sync with. Ribs to collapse, words to make elisions from, (“NO! IT’S NOT SWANSNOW! IT’S SWANS NOW!) At this point, I don’t particularly care if more geese than swans now live or swansnow—sounds like that ice cream brand, which seems far better than sloshing nervous sludge around in my stomach for the next two hours. Also at this point I don’t particularly care if all the voice faculty thinks my Italian is awful or my vowels are too pure. I just want it to be over.
I just want it to be over.
1 comment:
What is this grand event you speak of? I just don't even know about it!
Did you have a solo??
Deary, I hope it went magnificently.
I know it did.
Can't wait to hear about it.
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