The Bagpipe
The bagpipe makes a brazen sound
between a groan and bleat.
Old Brahms himself could not compose
a note for it that’s sweet.
The bagpipe comes from Scotland
where they feel no shred of guilt
in playing it the live-long day
in nothing but a kilt.
Playing one takes lots of air
and even more of courage,
because no matter what you play
it winds up [...]
