-stay at home. don’t go out. the mad Italians are coming-

made plans to attend Bruno Madera's “Satyricon”

at the South Swansea Mega Music Plex:
“Ten Hi-Fi Record Players Spinning All The Time”.

been checking the listings for weeks but it seems

the South Swansea Mega Music Plex believes there isn’t an audience

for such a sitting and deemed it: “likely lost revenue”.

told customer service over the phone that “I” live in Swansea. “Me”!

said: "I have a lot of smart friends, some with money, too".

representative took my name and number.

said she’d get back to me.

said she understood my problem.

asked: “how many more like you in Swansea”?

asked: “they like this kind of music, do they”?

said: “you have a wonderful speaking voice, William”.

said: “tell me about yourself. what type of work you do?

          you tall”?

said: “I’ll get back to you, William”.

later, after a light supper of chunk-white
albacore tuna on rye with mayo,
thinly sliced onion, chopped black olive,
chopped celery and a crisp leaf
of iceberg lettuce, (a fine compliment to a tuna on rye)
I realized that I had that very performance

tucked into my stacks of personal recordings.

so I listened to Bruno Maderna’s “Satyricon”

with a cold beer (It's Samuel Adams, I like) and
a fridge-cool fancy tuna sandwich.

problem is, now I’ve a hankerin' for a taste of Luciano Berio's "Voci"!

“Ten Hi-Fi Record Players Spinning All The Time” my ass

and besides, the last laugh stops here.
I've got Luciano tucked inside the stacks, too! Ha!