Beethoven's Rage Over a Lost Penny
Posted: 20 Oct 2019, 09:07
He dines on a supper of cold mutton,
retires to the drawing room to nap.
It is difficult to rest for all the ringing.
There have been grievances from
neighbors: why must he play so loud
that even the deaf can hear him.
The Burgermiester tut-tuts. It is a small
price to be inhabited by such genius.
Besides, does not Voltaire tell us
great men are often greatly flawed.
Staff say he is becoming abusive,
even accusing one poor girl of theft.
They find him in the floor most
mornings curled around sheafs
of music and empty wine bottles.
He knocked a hole in the wall
to better hear the church bell
in the courtyard next door.
retires to the drawing room to nap.
It is difficult to rest for all the ringing.
There have been grievances from
neighbors: why must he play so loud
that even the deaf can hear him.
The Burgermiester tut-tuts. It is a small
price to be inhabited by such genius.
Besides, does not Voltaire tell us
great men are often greatly flawed.
Staff say he is becoming abusive,
even accusing one poor girl of theft.
They find him in the floor most
mornings curled around sheafs
of music and empty wine bottles.
He knocked a hole in the wall
to better hear the church bell
in the courtyard next door.