and the blind guitarist will play on
for hours and hours
he lies
down
but doesn’t sleep
“Can’t sleep when your
eyes aren’t
tired,” he says
but his eyes are
beyond tiredness. They’re dead.
Been fished out
quite expertly
a long time ago by a
very unfortunate, very unhappy
mother who couldn’t stand
looking into them
“Bitch should’ve gouged
her own then,” he says
these days, laughing and
making jokes about it
Not a lot of
people
find them funny though
but that’s all right
he’s not some standup comedian
No, he sits down
on the park bench
and plays the guitar
from noon to morning
for eager audiences of
dead children
who look up to him as a hero
Sometimes
real people
even throw coins at him
sometimes
even food
And all his songs
are about
cheering
and loving life
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