Note: I promised to write a little musical composition for my wife's grandniece, who is crazy about dinosaurs. At four, she knows their names and can classify them as herbivores or carnivores, which is pretty good indeed. I haven't made much progress, but during a recent walk in Shenandoah National Park, I composed the following children's poem, which will serve as an introduction to the music. (If all goes as planned, the piece will be recorded and added to this blog as a YouTube link.)
LADY STEGOSAURUS SINGS THE BLUES
Once I traveled back in time
and met a stegosaurus.
She didn't wince, she didn't whine,
she simply stood, amazed to see
a creature weird as Horus.
Is that what I'll evolve to be?
As if she preferred primal ooze,
she stared at me from head to shoes--
Then Lady Stegosaurus sang the blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pks9_D9Kjkk
