Saturday, August 28, 2021

the beauty of bluegrass

yes 
hearts do break 
when people cheat or say goodbye 

and yes
lonely souls pine on river banks 
and life sometimes doesn’t seem worth living 

        wind keening along flat prairie 
        yellowed with drought 

but when wailed 
in high close harmony 
and danced along the tight strings 
of banjo and mandolin 

something breaks in the body 
like a wave on the shore 
and we tap our toes to the tragedy 

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