Blues
i
The blues singer—
how did he know right now is
the needed time?
ii
John Lee Hooker’s dead
and all the bright day it’s been
raining here, raining …
iii
Tangled up in blues …
and yet getting from Bob such
shelter from the storm.
iv
Listening to Satchmo—
Nobody knows the trouble …
Oh, sweet Lord, swing low!
Andrew Lansdown
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