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photo from PxHere/Creative Commons CC0
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Music Is Her Life Her Life Is The Blues
Wind sweeps through screen into living room;
papers dance across desk and floor;
an old woman’s hair floats,
a tattered flag of silver and gray;
her arthritic fingers painfully yet adroitly
navigate piano keyboard,
and her rumpled voice
carves a blues tune out of air,
decayed vocal chords, a heart
still passionate in her late eighties,
and a gift for language
that transcends age, physical
limitations, and gap between generations.
Music is her life; her life is the blues
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Michael L. Newell has had five books published in the past three years: Meditation of an Old Man Standing on a Bridge; Each Step a Discovery; Wandering; Diddley-Bop-She-Bop; Making My Peace. He currently lives in Florida.
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