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Playing Billiards With A Zebra

from Artificial Tales Of Gleep and Whimsy (Vol. 1) by John Tabacco

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Words and Music © 2023 by JohnTabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

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PLAYING BILLIARDS WITH A ZEBRA

Playing billiards with a zebra, my dear friends, is a venture into the realm of the utterly surreal. The elegance of the game, the clash of ivory spheres upon the emerald plane, finds itself juxtaposed against the uncouth behaviors of our striped companion. First and foremost, the zebra displays a glaring lack of decorum. With an insolence that would scandalize the most hardened rogue, it defiles the sanctity of our parlor with its excretory indiscretions, offering no gesture of penance or remorse.

Ah, but this creature's eccentricity does not cease at mere impropriety. Its tongue, the very emblem of unbridled curiosity, darts out like a serpent's and proceeds to besmirch the orbs of our amusement. Its slobbery caresses, tainted with a loathsome spittle, grace each ball with a most unsavory sheen. In its audacity, the zebra extends its audacious palate to attempt the ingestion of a ball or two. This endeavor, alas, proves naught but an exercise in futility, as the poor beast invariably chokes and disgorges its ill-gotten prizes upon the plush, green felt.

In truth, it seems that engaging in billiards with a zebra is an endeavor tailored for the sole purpose of squandering the precious moments of one's existence. Oh, but let me assure you, it succeeds with unrivaled efficacy in this respect. As the minutes wane away, and the day's ambitions fade into oblivion, you are left with the lingering question of why you embarked upon this peculiar pastime in the first place. A question that, like the zebra itself, stands as an enigma to be contemplated amidst the stillness of the billiard room, where time becomes an idle witness to our peculiar folly.

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from Artificial Tales Of Gleep and Whimsy (Vol. 1), released November 1, 2023
JT : Mixing and Editing, Programming
Music : Cool Pool Bop © 2020 by John Tabacco
Fitzgerald Poole : Voice
Recorded at Suburban Hermit Studios III, Ronkonkoma, NT

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

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