The Diatonic Dittymunch

The Diatonic Dittymunch

plucked music from the air

it swallowed scores of symphonies

and still had space to spare



sonatas and contatas

slithered sweetly down it throat

it made ballads into salads

and consumed note by note



It ate marches and mazurkas

it ate rhapsodies and reels

minuets and tarentellas

were the staples of its meals



but the Diatonic Dittymunch

outdid itself one day

it ate three-act opera

and loudly passed away