fiddle for the vicar

forced to play the violin at age 5
or was it 4, they can't recall,
took no photos
heard no concerts,
made to trudge thru chamber group
tuxedo gig for the beauty pageant,
had to stay in orchestra
in 10th grade even when i tested
in the top 5 science students
out of a class of 350 and
could have skipped biology 1 and 
gone to 2 if orchestra wasn't 
at the same hour, 
took no photos or few
didn't hear the duets or solos at contests
one could call it vicarious
if one had the
education to ear out its meaning.