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Image of Mose Allison by John L. Hawkins
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Remembering Mose
I was streaming The Fabulous Baker Boys
the other night and thought
it reminded me of the times I drank to
Mose Allison — in Boston, in DC —
and how righteous he was singing
Everybody Cries Mercy
(nobody has a clue about the word,
all around us off-Broadway absurd)
and the loneliness
he must have felt playing such dives
for chump change, and to folks like me,
drunk, existential, recently divorced
and on the prowl for Michelle Pfeiffer,
although any catwoman would do.
I’ll drink to that.
And I drank to that.
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John Kendall Hawkins is an American freelance writer currently residing in Australia. His poetry, commentary and reviews have appeared in publications in Oceania, Europe, and the US. He is a regular contributor to Counterpunch magazine. He is a former winner of the Academy of American Poets prize.
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