1. 4/4 time… Transposed up one octave in ½ position. Technically sound. Banally simplistic. No kick to the bass. No soul. Who let him arrange this stuff?

2. Schizophrenic light bulb. Always one half beat behind.

3. Why a bass? Just because… Because the alternative was the violin and that would fit in the car too easily…

4. 337 seconds: time since scheduled rehearsal ended. What in the Verse are we still doing here? 149 seconds: time till the last after-school bus leaves.

Written by Bryce Rammler-Young, illustrated by Elizabeth DiFiore.