Marching Band

"Marching Band" Dapper dilettantes take over one hundred yards Showing their feathers like a cockatoo on pointy shakos Displaying their talents on grass they are anything but green Ready to give resplendent resonance through beasts of golden brass Popping percussive drumming getting drilled into them by a sergeant Time and time again by so many rehearsals they know formations by heart The time for sweat and tears is over, they are here to perform Atten hut! Impressing the crowd with baton twirling Majorettes turn into marionettes as the sergeant pulls their strings Compact formation now, the crowd will wait for hot dogs Watching a half time special while they stand alert in place About face! Witnessing scintillating choreography with a one, two turn The symbols get their chance to be rim shot participators And the Grand Marshall leads the baton twirlers aside For the color guard and their blinding high definition radiance No one is out of phase and the scene is picture perfect Then they dive into the scatter drill Show their true talents with life, love and liberty to move where they want Individual inspiration takes over each one to the ensemble This is the real reason they are here, for happiness They make way for the gymnasts while maintaining play Who express their own interest in the spectacle of somatic arts Triangles and fantastic figures on three people straddled high Build in the crowd a new love for geometry They have to give way though in good measure To guns of glory and so many shots sent high in the air Puffs of smoke are burst sky high, evaporating a salutary good bye Thanks for watching