Blue Notes
Nowadays,
people don’t
'get'
the real Blues,
they have
blue-funks.
The funks
makes a person
glare
and simmer
like a radio-active sunflower.
The Blues
don’t come at anyone
with a rabid face, or any
bad juju.
Blues songs
don’t club at you
with a baseball bat,
they won’t yell in your ear.
If you got the
Blues
you have a dog and a guitar,
even when you don't.
If you got the Blues
you have a whole range
of sad little chuckles
and each one
is another shade of blue.
Nowadays,
folks don't know
the difference from the
Blues
and the blue-funks,
in which case
Tennessee Whiskey
(or just the thought of it)
might help.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2025
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