Boxcar Blues
John Lee, Wolf,
and Muddy knew
the rails could
set you free
Direction
but an afterthought
when tracks
forever lead
To where the music
calls your name
in box cars
down the line
With darkened Angels
heading home
deliverance
— there to find
(Kingston Mines Chicago: January, 1996)
Blues Poem #25
The devil walked
behind me
to that crossroads
in the dark
He said ...
“Give me that
old gitar son
I’ll reignite
its spark
“But once I do
the die is cast
those licks
in Hades rhymed
“Now go and set
the world on fire
your soul
— forever mine”