I would love to say this was inspired by a live performance sometime in my past. But, no, a magazine photo captured me, and that set me to thinking.
Command Performance
She is royalty in striped leggings,
I can tell by the tilted crown
on her head. Standing there
on a little green chair, her clear
soprano fills the enfolding space.
Before her the freckle-faced
conductor commands
a baton big for small hands
with great-hall bravado,
a bit sweeping for the sweet
voice that follows its own pace,
befitting a proper princess.
No matter. The conclusion still
brings bows and giggles, curtain
calls and clapping.
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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