Echo forth, the staccato notes of
Xylophone strikes in frantic
Time, pinging off the
Eardrum’s taut skin and
Merging with the pounding of the
Pulse that beats somehow
Off-tempo with the
Rumba rhythm of the
Aortic bagpipes, that
Never-ceasing song of
Ever-decreasing length, with
Osseous rattling like castanets
Under the frantic xylophone strikes
Staccato notes which echo forth