Seussical the Musical

Let me tell you a story of my recent free time,
but to make it more fun I will tell it in rhyme.
In the spirit of the play, and like Dr. Seuss
I'll give it a shot. Don't you snicker. Moose.

It all started out in mid-late December,
When the auditions were held, I still can't remember
But as I recall, I showed up and acted
for the part of the general, and the teacher reacted
better than expected, for I got the part
of the Mayor of Who, which gave me a start.

'Twas a bigger role than expected, yes,
yet not such as big as Horton, I guess
But I loved it and looked forward to begin
and that's about where thing's gave right on in.

It had been a while since I had last sung,
and I didn't think I'd be perfect, but it stung
When I realized how much I had since then forgotten
basic musical terms, plus my voice sounded rotten

I was "married" to someone else in the BGC,
and was the "father" of her brother, which was strange to me.
The first couple weeks, surrounded by singers,
were hard and embarrassing, and put me through the ringer
yet after the start, I began to have fun
with the other performers, including my "son"

I became more comfortable with each passing day,
so, by the time we had to put on the play,
I knew all my lines, I could sing all my songs,
and all of the cast members just got along
Which made it much better, and easy to do
I could be both happy and Mayor of who

On the opening night, I forgot 'bout my mic
I fussed with it some, yet it was on mute
For most of Act 1, so the point was moot

Come Saturday night, we did much much better,
still, I kicked part of the set, almost forgot a letter
Then yesterday night, It really came together,
even though I was feeling quite under the weather

Tonight was alright, overall very good,
but I didn't do well, didn't think I would
My throat was sore, my nose was runny,
even more than last night's, but still, it was funny
My lines were alright, yet my singing was off,
I still had my cold, plus a pretty bad cough

The whole thing was tiring, yet worth all the work
And the suit that I wore was but just one perk
But it was a blast, I had fun on Who,
Yet it's all over now. And the Mayor's? We're through.

-Will



"When the news is all bad,
when you're sour and blue,
when you start to get sad, you should do what I do:
tell yourself how lucky you are!"