Blues Not Jazz

 

She took her latte

And headed for a corner,

Stopped, turned and said,

Have you ever had one of those

Damn days when you tumble out of bed

Alone, to the deciduous turned gold, brown

And dead, the rain strafing your roof like bits

Of left over lead from some crazy war and your

Mother is dying miles away and you’re crying and you

Do not really know exactly what for. Have you ever had

One of those damn days? Before I could answer she added,

Impossible, if you had you would be playing blues not jazz.

 

Stephen Nesbitt ©

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