Hey folks, here’s a brand new poem I haven’t even sent anywhere yet….but by posting it here, it is protected by all applicable copyright laws! 🙂 Dig the read!
Levon and Duck (February 2013)
My son takes piano lessons.
I try to teach him
About staying in the pocket but
You know it’s a tough year when
Levon Helm and Duck Dunn
Both leave the planet.
I wonder if rock and roll
Will ever swing again.
I wonder who will take their place
And play all night long
For memories, dreams and
Reams of possibilities that
Lie within three chords.
A fourth. A fifth
Suddenly I feel
Like a man out of time.
Backlit darkness
Cherry red cheeks
Long deep breaths and
The climax that peaks
Across silence. Then
Another breath
Before the next dance
Starts up again
I wonder who will take their place
And work all night long
To escape cotton fields
And factories, cast from
Clothes of different colors
To hold on to what we feel
Man, woman, bass, drums
Transcending what is real
Doug Hoekstra 
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