love and opera

Love And Opera.

Amanda was a competent opera singer,
I was her pianist and impresario; up and
down the land we traveled bringing, to
many a small town, musical evenings
arranged by the doctor, the lawyer, and
the man, who sells the finest chinaware.

A noble life, often mentioned in local
papers, we enjoyed giving high culture
to the people; but good times came to
an end when Amanda fell in love with
a doctor in a town, near a lake, my job
was done and back to the city I went.

For years, in summer nights, the lake
town was full of songs, that some folks
left, at that time, was due the closure of
the factory and nothing to do with her
voice; but swiftly the high notes ceased,
when the fickle doctor fell out of love.

She took the train to the city, but there
was no longer call for her music, lost
grounds do to heartache and gin, lives in
a basement room sings risqué songs in
bars -near the docks- saw her there, but
it was too late in the evening for halloos.