Image by - Steve Coel
steve coel
steve coel
Robert Johnson
Tempted by angels to play God
a crumpled young man sits,
guitar on his knee.
Smoking, he begins to play
to an empty dance floor.
Returning stares
he begins to weave spells
singing songs of lost loves,
slavery, distant voices.
Finally, twisting notes
towards the wet earth he finishes
and faces stop staring.
The young man returns to his thoughts
as, cigarette in hand,
he listens once more to angels
tempting him to play God.
Versions of 'Robert Johnson'
have appeared on two
Two Voices CDs, 1999 and 2009.
An 11.59 Publication.
I'll probably settle on a definitive
version of this someday.
There again, I may not.
steve coel
An 11.59 Publication
