country music

by joel abel - Taurus

how can you say that
you dont like country music,
not the nash vegas
new corporate crooners
masqurading as ghosts of
the south...
im talking about what you
grew up with...

the guitars
and banjo's
and clanging honkey
tonk piano

the sweet
melodies
that sound like
youve heard them
all your life,
and you have,
you can still remember
your mother doing
a little two step
across the kitchen
floor one day
while you were
still hanging
low in her
belly.
just think back far enough.

how can you say that 
if youve never smoked
a joint and
listened to willie nelson
hum magic
or jerry jeff
tell us how he got it all wrong 
again
or hank snow
mourn for frauline...

i can go on and on,
cause in the end
they tell us that they
are from the south
and that she finally
left him,
and he is drunk again,
and that his heart is
sick
and will never heal
and that even that 
is beautiful
Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 2001-07-26 00:39:16
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:45
Poem ID: 64122

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