Mustard Misfits

When Uncle John’s band of misfits
decided to conform,
a lot of people felt it was
too far beyond the norm.
For they were one brash Improv group
beneath the Georgia skies.
And now for them to go on script
was Christmas without pies.

It should be noted that John’s band
performed in countryside.
They shunned a roof above their head
and liked to act outside.
One time they did a parody
of Beatle’s, “Let it Be,”
atop a grassy knoll with a
sugar magnolia tree.

(The parody of “Let it Be”
was twisted and arcane.
It was about the value of
a secret box of rain.
And as a bait for robbery--
each cunning thief would try;
instead of “Let it Be,” John’s band
would bellow, “Let it Dry.”)

But back to how conformity
was now the band’s own choice.
It was because the call came from
an advertising voice.
And even though some would announce,
“friend of the devil, they!”
within the eyes of Uncle John,
things seemed to be okay.

So with a script the band began,
a product to uphold.
And they were filmed, and right on cue
they did what they were told.
Then with a basic elegance,
misfits were put upon,
right up unto the point they felt
the touch of grey Poupon.

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Prompt Requirements:
--touch of grey
--sugar magnolia
--Uncle John's band
--box of rain
--friend of the devil