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Ode To Mojo & The Train

   
   
   
Lost myself, couldn't find  
the smile  
In the brown-bottle  
long-walks  
or written-word  
   
The song was lost  
CD's crackled  
like old  
vinyl  
and    
even the    
digital drive  
found a horse  
to kill the tracks  
   
Woke up, thinking    
must be more to life  
MORE  
than searching for    
the next mini-skirt  
next razor-blade  
next ten-bucks  
next cigar-ette  
next brown-bottle  
   
Used the kids    
as purpose for life  
kept the strength  
of restraint  
held it in my scrotum  
   
Dealt with  
the old man's  
oxygen  
Dealt with    
the old lady's    
blood transfusion  
left the    
hospital doors  
lit a cigarette  
Watched  
the smoke  
bellow, through  
the icy cold  
winter-evening  
air  
   
Remembered the song  
the old man sang to  
me, as a kid  
   
Don't have a clue  
why it stuck to  
forty years  
of hard-core  
life  
on the wrong side  
of the railway  
tracks  
   
But it stuck  
   
He'd chorus  
without tune  
rhythm on point  
could  
strike a guitar    
chord  
with style  
   
The song has  
me thinking  
The lesson  
needs to be learnt  
so I'll leave  
the chorus  
here  
in hope  
it'll  
help  
me catch the  
train  
   
   
"You gotta know when to hold em  
 Know when to fold em  
 Know when to walk away  
 Know when to run  
   
 You never count your money  
 when you  
 sitting at the table  
 there'll be time  
 enough for counting  
 when the dealing is done."
 
   
   
Have to wonder  
my old man  
was never  
a gambling-man  
Played  
that song  
'till the  
vinyl    
was anorexic  
looked  
like  
cling-wrap  
   
   
[.]  
   
   

Note: The use of lyrics of Kenny Rogers masterful song in this piece is for explanation purposes only, and remain the sole property of the artist.
Written by RevolutionAL (Alistair Plint)
Published | Edited 22nd Jun 2015
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