Ascension Bridge

Languishing, heard an announcement for
new game show on Progressive TV
(cable channel 449)

Rearrange a lost song for three instruments
"in the style of" with all the usual
parameters applied and you may nominate one close contact

I chose the frockless Friar Rouse
low priest of the 16-volume aerophone
we had in mind the Yes song
Morning Capture don't
bother looking it up. Moraz era
modus Bizet, our research was
negligible bordering on the extensive

      Vivid orchestration
      Melodic brilliance
      Hints of exoticism

Lost the bidding war for the cheat music
lost the rights to the performing rotunda
this was an uphill struggle and we were
soon wriggling with crabs

Rouse 'Rabbie please' full of encourage
acquired a tempus root - perfectly legit -
and we were soon among the front runner
all we needed now was a sniff of the dust
and we'd be conveying, relaying

I'd been channelling the Voice
for decades now, on the not even off chance
and the crabs were finally
brought under control

      Uniquely bold
      Spontaneous energy
      Strong - rapid - integrated

Few recall Rouse and me, pulling
steam-fragmented sounds
from past and future
skipping the here and now. Our name part corn
was Ascension Bridge and victory was
of no consequence