With temperatures (finally) cooling down, music festival season is ramping up across Texas. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
Music Festivals
Yes, there’s the heat
and the dust
Or, worse:
the rain and the mud
Yes, there’s the lines
and the crowds
But also:
there’s that band
whose music reminds you
you are alive
and stillyoung
or were young once
who sound better live
the guitar & the drums
the hum of hundreds
of fans singing along
Like church
but better
Because the beers, the cheers,
the fear of tomorrow
replaced with the thrill of today.
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