A Riff Upon A 19th Century Penchant

I never have a rock without a roll
Tunes just chew and swallow me up whole
And so I play them not, a silent soul
Sitting while the quiet takes its toll
On my gnarly knotted music shhing knoll

Science has proved that everything in nature has a voice, a distinct sound of its own, it actually speaks if we could only learn the language, as Dr Dolittle pleads, though in the books he was a short, chubby bald guy who would be amazed to see that woman-hating Rex Harrison in the movie role. In actuality, the author of Dr. Dolittle, Hugh Lofting, WAS a short chubby bald guy who write the books as letters home to his son while he served in the trenches in W W I (and made it back). How popular culture overwhelms our best work. Rose