Listening to the Blues in a Fish Joint, Downtown Denver

Listening to the Blues in a Fish Joint,
Downtown Denver


I need this unreeling of heartache, and
the downtown turnaround.
--Over, and over and over.
When you gonna come back, baby?
--Over and over and over.
Why did you leave me?
The god of all things reached
Behind the counter,
Pulled up a sour dishrag and
Cleaned off the mess.
--We all went tumbling down.
I said, Over and over and over.
--We all went tumbling down


Joy Harjo
Denver April 7, 2010

Posted over on her site Joy Harjo's Adventures in the Last World Blog