a poem by Scot Young (2 of 3)

when pinetop plays the blues

eating fried pickles
in clarksdale mississippi
i touched the blues as
pinetop perkins sang
"how long"
& "since I lost my baby"
for that moment i
was delta black
and so alone

© by Scot Young

 
Gutter Eloquence Magazine ~ Issue #5 ~ September 2009    previous poem     next poem