Blues Boogie Jam

If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. - Thoreau

cooler and more sinuate than an artic winter

smoother than caressive, chinese silk

fluent as a well-oiled chain on a blue sprocket

unearthly, undulating groove like an orbiting rocket

the room as dark as a winter's night is long

proceeding to lay down a never ending song

so bad it's good

like livin', breathin' music should

implied greeting of, "hey man"

in walked the band

hypnotizin'

sterilizin'

realizin'

organ grindin'

fingers findin'

pickin' and strummin'

another member of the posse keepin' time drummin'

harmonicaed breath wailin'

signed, sealed, stamped  and ready for mailin'

ivory keys unlockin'

murderous beat stalkin'

saxaphone sprayin'

just sayin'

bass so low you needed a ladder to conceive

no need for faith 'cuz you have no choice but to believe

the whole armada sailin'

takin' everyone to school and not failin'

stridin', not walkin'

lettin' the music do the talkin'

religiously keepin' a silicone beat

on a crowded, one-way, mellifluous street

openin' my soul like a can of spam

helpin' me to be much more than i am

god damn

takin' it all on down with a killer

blues boogie jam

Author's Note

"The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?" - Thoreau

Reviews

[lightsong]

What a glorious rhythm and beat! I was DANCING! You rock Pete lol.... it is always amazing how You express your love for music. I think I will go to the grave with my song and even sing it from there, not to frighten people though lol. superior poem.

[Pete]

lol. thank you. i literally could not live without music. there is always a song in my heart and head. i don't know how anyone could hear this song and not want to dance. never be afraid to dance and let yours out ... :)