Miscellany from a Siskind

They drive through the country and run through the city,
Spinning round and around ‘til their bodies feel dizzy,
To ballets and barns, bistros, ballrooms, and bridges,
Those three Bizzie Boys are so brilliantly busy!

Every day they do ten things that make a kid giddy,
Eating meals that are sizzling, drinking drinks that are fizzy,
Taking trains, training tuna, and tuning trombones,
Those three Bizzie Boys are terrifically busy!

But not everyone likes seeing boys in a tizzy:
Their neighbor, a girl whose long red hair is frizzy
And big as a beehive, is named Dorothy Grohley,
And she thinks the Bizzie Boys should move more slowly.

“I think having too much to do is a pity,”
Says Dorothy to Brian and Ryan and Izzy.
“You’re wasting your chances to watch the world’s wonders!”
But the boys just ignore her – they think Dorothy’s too prissy.

Then one night, coming back from their student committee,
They hear Dorothy outside – she’s not crying there, is she?
Yes, she’s sobbing and sniveling, she’s blubbering and bawling,
“Those three Bizzie Boys are too terribly busy!”

So out come the boys, they lie down right beside her
And stop – as they rest there, the loud world grows quieter.
The boys sit in silence, like they’ve heard something holy,
As the sobs start to soften from Dorothy Grohley.

“I’m sorry to cry, but with you boys so busy,
I suspect, if I left, you’d have no time to miss me.”
And Dorothy continues, her voice hushed and hissy,
“But when you take time, you find magic exists…see?”

Then she spreads out her hands and she points to the skies
Where the galaxies and planets astonish their eyes.
Up above in the dark, they see Venus and Mars
While the sky’s silent symphony glitters with stars.

Since that night, Ryan, Brian, and Izzy, and Dorothy
Spend some of their time very busily exploring,
But they also make time to stare up at the skies,
To take walks by the river, to catch fireflies.

To relax – that’s the wisdom of Dorothy Grohley,
You discover life’s wonders when moving more slowly –
For life’s not a footrace from city to city
And even Bizzie Boys need breaks from being busy.