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The French Ain'T Got No Blues, Blues

Ain't got no mean, lowdown, painful, hurtin' all night come home to me Baby, blues. Ain't New Or-leens out them two-storey sycamore-lined windows that don't open to Memphis piano-roll sweet afternoons as sweet as making love in beignet coffee-time mornings where there's Basin Street Boogie on street corners, and Gladys--she done caught that Midnight Train to Georgia.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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Date: 10/13/2013 1:44:00 AM
Nola... CONGRATULATIONS:) on having your poem featured on the soups HOME PAGE. goodnight. <3 =LINDA=
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Date: 10/8/2013 10:35:00 AM
Once more, dear Nola. I aint never been there, but do admire the scene and the Hurt and the Fountain. Love, Dave
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Date: 10/8/2013 10:35:00 AM
Congrats on the selection.
Date: 4/11/2009 6:01:00 AM
Is this where you "aint," honey? You got de style and de imagination. How wonderful to read a poet with something original to say. Love, daver
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Date: 2/22/2009 6:57:00 AM
A very interesting piece. I'm half French, but really not cultured into it.....but I've got the tastes in wine, lol. Really like your work, and will be reading you. Best wishes, Sara
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