the backbeat

the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
edited August 2010 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I like that bluesy little thing you do
on the backbeat
oh, sorry
I meant the backstreets

we are down all around
and the whiskey ghost
is a haunting,… haunting,… tonight
gone at first light

an angry castaway tries to fly away
but the wind is a howling
it’s howling
but that won’t scare him today

in and out of sleep
our future mothers meet
to tell the stories,.. stories,
that will make the children cry

comatose jury hears the dinner bell ring
while fancy little dancers
wear their fake plastic wings
and they are all laughing,… they won’t stop laughing.. at me

the song bird flies around the block
and tries to beat the clock
but it keeps counting,…
forever counting down

the hour glass won’t turn back
in the side there is a small crack
where all the sand is escaping
time is running out

like a lost little boy
he clings to his knees
and cries alone in the darkness
darkness all around

he stares at the reflection
he no longer recognizes
anything anymore
everything has changed

I’ll be coming downtown
to hear that little bluesy thing you do
on the backstreets
oh sorry, this time I meant backbeat

I’ll see you on the backbeat.
Peace, Love.


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to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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Comments

  • Goddamn beautiful...

    it's like one of those huge paintings where one gets drawn into little scenes on the left right, centre, top, bottom and all the other places in between...

    yours seems to be set in the blue night... in a rundown but vibrant part of town, not too noisy but maybe a lil shady... at least that's how it's stayed in my head...
  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    damn sure read this one twice
    unreality and pure reality merging
    blew my mind
    i'm going back in
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    Lots of music echoing around in there!! very dense, thought-provoking, stirring
    Cancel my subscription to the Ressurection
    Send my credentials to the house of detention

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