"A Cacophony of Near-Fatal Mistakes" genre: Poetry
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	"Some of These Days" accompanies this poem about what its like to play stride piano. From the Cacophony Spoken Word CD.
	CD: A Cacophony of Near-Fatal Mistakes   Label: TWHI Credits: Poem by Seth Barkan, Song by Shelton Brooks (1910)
	Lyrics A CACOPHONY OF NEAR-FATAL MISTAKES: (Or: Jury Recital, Lead Sheet In Hand) I am a pathetic match peddler With a bare face and shaky hands Uncertain of what’s supposed to happen Pushed forward and confused, a Tumbling nonsequetorial tragedy In progress, grating and filled with Sickening gut slackening fear as I Am instructed how to beg, Then it starts and I am the Skull shattering king of ultimate carnage, A cloak of carrion, the mask of fury, I revel, liquid, melting My fingers flying as grist and sinew I create a fray, a living maw And I war desperately, giving birth Through frantic adjustments And continuous preemptive saves As I become a cacophony of near fatal mistakes.

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