albuquerque-pittsburgh-blue moon segue

photo by Sandra L Hazley

shadows on the high desert

wrapped in nostalgia doo-wop

     yes

they were former oliver high school students

everyone wanted to know about

their fame and how they went far

from pittsburgh's northside

the blue moon is always full

and won't come back for a few years

the lanky guy with the big bass voice

reminds us that 

     love

can just rise suddenly

even at the corner candy store

leaving fog hanging over

the streetcar turn-a-round

distorting your view

of the next blue moon

with holy roads and alleys

before you

empty stoops

parched rivers and lakes

vanishing without a coda

--- e b bortz