“Chain of Ghosts”

Photo by Bob Huff, used by permission of Emma Swift.

Chain of Ghosts

(A Meditation on Emma Swift’s Version of “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”)

(all)

Of a sudden

(wind)

In thirsty fists

(tempests)

In my soul

Are blooming

In the gardens

Of the damned

(all)

Of a sudden

(tempests)

On the throne

(lap)

Up the bones

Of night

(ghosts)

In half mask

(drunk)

On the grace

Of moments

Called ‘now’

And ‘before’

by John Aiello

August 2020

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This entry was posted on August 31, 2020 by Jacob Aiello in 2020, Poetry, September 2020 and tagged Bob Dylan, Poetry.

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