Ascension Bridge

Languishing, heard a  Call To Action for
a 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 Debussy, our research was
negligible bordering on the extensive
the nichest of the niches

      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 back among the front runners
all we needed now was a sniff of the dust
and we'd be conveying, relaying

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

      Uniquely bold
      Spontaneous energy
      Strong - rapid - integrated

Few recall the spectacle of Rouse and me
yanking steam-fragmented sounds
from both past and future
skipping the here and now. Our title
was Ascension Bridge and victory was
of no consequence