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Highway Blues

Posted by Prester John Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 11:15 PM

Well, I saw the ghost of Robert Johnson
on Highway 61
The devil's breath stank on his shoes
beneath the winter sun
Silence screaming in the wind
a shrill murder of crows
A guitar note and somber tune
so the murmur goes

 

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