Play That Funky Bouzouki White Boy
trying to sleep
take a simple nap
but the whirling
dervishes in my
mind won't stop
stomping or
dancing
and as i'm "one
who delights in all
manifestations of the
terpsichorean muse" my
memories remind me of a
time on the island of Thera
Greece where each of us to be
leaving the next morning
invited a friend who
invited a friend
and we all sat
down at the
psari (fish)
taverna
it was a regular U.N. of
travellers and back
packers and like
a meeting at
the Hague
we took
over
the place much to the
owner's happiness
as we ordered
and ate and
sated our
thirst
on
homemade Retsina
so much so that
we drank every
drop of what
was made
but even
a kiwi
pleaded
he'd drink
the dregs to
keep elated but
the owner was already
pouring thank you shots
of ouzo with many linguistic
cheers
he knew
what he was
going to do to
cheer his new
found friends for
with this the night
would end
with sudden
static sounds of
wires popping he
had plugged in an
electric bouzouki to
yells whoops and hollers
of broken
accents of
broken Greek
and English asking
turn the amp to eleven
and do you know any
Hendrix
Copyright © Jeff Connelly | Year Posted 2019
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