HARMONICA RESCUE ...............................................................................................................................JOE SAMUEL STARNES

Harmonica Rescue

Poem by Joe Samuel Starnes

If you find yourself at the bar alone Sitting late for a quick beer Before catching the train home Surrounded by transparent young people, Good-looking, but simple, Half staring at their phones, Half talking to each other, Ignoring the aged drinkers, most stoned, All unaware the digital impostor of a jukebox Is silent, the TV turned down, The incessant babble of the infantile Like a rainstorm, the room's only sound, Play the Stones’ “Midnight Rambler,” Live version. One dollar never goes farther.