Veteran

There’s that lonely broken survivor, nonchalant guitar,
Rowdy frets smoothed by riff upon riff of notes bent blue.

Feral anthoms sublimate into a downtown afternoon,
Liberated from the lazy watch of the faded pick guard.

Soulful impulses, puddling in my passing ear,
Rehydrate dormant victories as I walk on, a thief.

-T. Weeks
(A response to “I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ”)

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