requiem for Brother Blue
by Tony Toledo
A timeless minstrel.
Finder of the one true note.
A happy accident.
A knee jerk flirt.
Nonlinear in a funny sort of linear way.
Born a grown man fully clothed.
Ageless and energetic.
In love with his lady, his angel.
Way way beyond beyond a free spirit.
Once upon a time ago, once upon a rhyme ago...
Harmonica's mournful wail ago
Degrees in his pocket
stories on his tongue
Arms open wide
Hugging the world
How the world hugs him.
Now he lives in the wind.
Now he travels in the shade.
Romeo, Romeo where art thou?
Now his stories echo, echo, echo.
A bit of Blue in every word.
Fly on, Blue, fly on.
A butterfly on the breeze.
Such a kiss lasts forever.
