Friday, September 25, 2020

recovering notes from the deep, part 23

and a transistor radio
from a third floor pittsburgh walk-up
the first sound of
     like a rolling stone
     in the summer of 1965
and then someone like a growling young-old carpenter
blurting out it's nothing but petty-bourgeois bullshit
which i strongly and loudly disagreed with
and by the smile in your eyes
evidently you disagreed with too

when your father said you left your heart
in san francisco but your belongings in pittsburgh
it seemed to fit well in the conversation
as we both chuckled
and the harmonica wailed

--- e b bortz

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