Hey Joe

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Thoreau

you'll find that i mostly let the music do my talking

that way i can turn away and keep walking

like it or not, it holds the key to me

no nouns or verbs to read or see

only adjectives to be

arms raised upwards in the breeze like a tree

a club with glee

that which is divine together in three

stone free

i like to play with fire

regardless of the hour

no matter how much the amps have power

and when i drive by

not to mention feel the need to cry

all i have to do is roll down the window

lick by lick and blow by blow

it matters only where the song takes you and not where you want to go

always with the flow

no trite, "hello"

without even opening my mouth to utter a word

i greet you with

hey joe

Author's Note

"In Homer and Chaucer there is more of the innocence and serenity of youth than in the more modern and moral poets. The Iliad is not Sabbath but morning reading, and men cling to this old song, because they still have moments of unbaptized and uncommitted life, which give them an appetite for more." - Thoreau