Crazy Concrete March 2015 | Page 6

Song  of  a  Tone-­‐deaf:  for  Allen  and  George  Yuan     There  is  often  such  a  time  when  you,  a  no-­‐songster     Would  want  to  sing  aloud  to  yourself,  a  song   That  everyone  else  might  also  love  to  sing;  the  song   Whose  lines  you  never  remember,  nor  can  you   Control  your  pitch  as  it  rises  and  falls  randomly   On  its  own,  nor  will  you  keep  the  tune  on  the     Right  track;  the  song  whose  rhythm  you  do  not   Care  to  follow,  while  lost  in  your  little  privacy   The  song  that  has  an  evasive  melody     Deeply  encoded  in  your  heart     Although  you  sound  like  a  duck  or  donkey     Your  voice  is  full  of  euphonies     By  yuan  changming                             6