the sound

by joel abel - Taurus

Country music 

steel guitars 
and banjos 
and clanging 
honky-tonk 
piano 

the sweet 
harmonies 
that sound like 
you've 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. 

if you've ever 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... 
well, then you feel it. 

cause in the end 
they tell us that he 
is from the south 
and that she finally 
left him, 
and that he is drunk again, 
and that his heart is 
sick 
and will never heal 
and that even this 
is beautiful. 

Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 2002-04-11 16:08:16
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:20
Poem ID: 69156

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