\u201c\u2026and they had all kinds of different music..\u201d
\u201cWhat kind of music did the teacher band play?\u201d
It had been a high school event called Battle of the bands. A lot of different bands I had never heard of were playing, and somewhere at the end there was a band composed of teachers. Her music teacher was part of it.
\u201cI don\u2019t know. I mean, there were a lot of teachers in the band and I didn\u2019t stay around to hear that much of it. \u201c
\u201cYou didn\u2019t stay around to hear your teacher? How could you miss his performance? He probably was looking forward to his moment.\u201d
\u201cMother, I don\u2019t think so. I mean, he plays the trumpet. What kind of band uses of trumpet?\u201d
\u201cHow can you say that? You know a lot of bands that use trumpets. You were in Jazz band in Junior high. Your teacher probably has been looking forward to this day for months. He was going to do his OWN music, and perform. How do you know this wasn\u2019t his dream before he became a music teacher?\u201d
She stared at me.
\u201cRight now, he is at home, thinking of how much he loved performing.\u201d
\u201cMother, that can\u2019t be true. He has little kids.\u201d
\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I mean. His kids are trying to sleep, and he is holding his trumpet, feeling and remembering. He can\u2019t play because of them, he has to put it aside.
But tonight, on this night\u2026The night he played his own music, he feels it.
I can see him, taking his trumpet outside. HE has to go far away, down the block to sit on the swings at the park, in the dark. He\u2019s playing his trumpet right now\u2026blowing his heart and soul out on this night of nights\u2026\u201d
\u201cYou are completely wrong. Your imagination is not what is happening.\u201d
\u201cI don\u2019t think so\u2026Your teacher has dreams too.\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m going to bed,\u201d She flounced away to the bathroom.
I smiled at her, and in sympathy to my imagined horn player alone with his dreams in the dark.
It was night, but there was still time. I went over to my computer to use the last few minutes of the day to work on a chapter in my book draft.
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