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Daily writing prompt

What’s a job you would like to do for just one day?

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Like many kids, I wanted to be in a Rock band. It was the 70s. I had a classical guitar when I was 14 and tried to learn. I never got the hang of it and struggled with the rhythms. I banged on it to make it sound like a grungy electrical guitar and damaged one of my fingers. I had an electrical guitar later and mostly accomplished shaking dishes off the counter because I played too loud. I had this fantasy of being on stage with thousands of adorning fans swooning over every chord and every note. In college I interviewed a regional band from the Midwest, The Pelican Peace Band. They were gracious and interesting folks, but I learned that road life, traveling from gig to gig was a hard life, too hard for me. So, I would want to experience it for one day, then go back to my sofa.