Playing Jazz With Keroac Down At The Crossroads



***

He ran out of 
Minds mirror 
Found he was
In the South
Playing 
Dixie band jazz
Making a deal 
At the crossroads
He threw everything away
Found Kerouac 
in his lunch bag 
Playing jazz

A willowy woman 
Made a meaningless 
Proposition 
No one understood 
She did not see 
Hitler coming 
The Führer got high
Started drinking.  
He said what is 
Most important is
immortality and space
Speechless 
The man and woman 
Melted away 
Into history 
And hid

But Keouac
Tells Jeff Tweedey
"You bring it all home" 
Jeff plays it cool
"Saxophone started
Blowing us down"
Kerouac smiles
Gets a beer 
Calls mom
Tells her
He loves her
He will be out late
The beers are on Jack
Everyone is Passed Out
Until dawn's
Majestic 
Silence 
Melodiously
Awakens 

***

Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt perhaps at a bar on Main Street, Burlington, after seeing Wilco live in January 2016.

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