interview with a ragamuffin
the blues I understand so much more
than any shade of black or white
what are you doing I ask the little girl
who appeared out of thin air
she answers without looking up
all the time focusing on a world
expanding in colors without words
I stood there stunned for a moment
as if I was the subject
but then awoke and moved on
neither mesmerized nor alert
uncertain what she had uttered
march two thousand seventeen
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