before the song is over
in the other room
someone turned up the volume
to the next live selection
someone with just one name capturing
words pronounced beautifully
improvising & cultivating
sublimely belting someone else’s song
making it her very own
it’s how I remember it
but probably not how it went down
—recollections having a funny way
of spawning their own selective stories
similar to poetry
song has a way of making connections
in multitudes of ways
especially when remastered
in such a way
it brings tears to your eyes—
your heart largely affected
october two thousand twenty-four
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love this, John.
Thank you, Kathleen.