Stop the Beat | A 100 Word Story

#347 National Poetry Month – 30 Days 30 Poems

When the band began to play everyone got on their feet
Swaying to and fro to the rhythm of the saxophone
Then the piano joined in and the drums followed close behind
Dancing to the sinner man’s beat.

It went on and on for nearly an hour
Exhaustion settled in but no one could stop
Even the players started to show signs of madness
Someone else had all the power.

They shouted for the music to stop
Begged and pleaded to relieve their minds
Of the endless chords that played
As the beat continued on—people suddenly began to drop.