Saturday 13 February 2021

listen to this record

 


listen to this record
her ghost is in the crackle

listen to her crackle
all up and down Chicago

listen to Chicago
the crackle of a record you've heard before

she ain't asking no one in particular
she is questioning the air
the crunch of thunder
the clarity of lightning
so we never forget

the old days 
when real men was
would listen to jazz

what it is 
what it is 
what it was 

stay up till dawn
then walk out of this place 
believing in ghosts

American ghosts outlasting 
their ramshackle castles
American ghosts out standing 
where their cities used to be

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