earth note 842

drizzle pulls me away by afternoon

like a funeral from a lonely hollow

but i'm not giving up

the moon may still

come out early

i just heard a great bluegrass version

     of

for what it's worth

followed by a live 1979 leonard cohen

so long marianne

     with a long violin solo

there were times when we all knew the hymns

kent along the banks of the cuyahoga

far back into the archives of maj

and daniel thompson

and lang

and so so many more

it hurts to say

i didn't listen close enough

didn't hear

the fleeting space between the stanzas

the drum beats

of each breath

waiting for an answer

the tears

never accounted for

--- e b bortz