Sing

Recently we went to a community sing in our home town. It was a first for both us. Neither of us can sing, but that was beside the point or points, for there were many. Our first purpose was to experience singing for the fun of it, as beginners testing the waters. The second was to engage in some group culture-making, our preferred avocations being heavy on the solitary side. And the third purpose was to immerse ourselves, however briefly, in an art form that has long been relinquished to the experts, to polished amateurs and professional singers alike. It was a take-back-singing kind of night, even if neither of us could hold a tune.