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Claire on Tuesday.

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I’m    playing  mandolin   in  the  corner  of  a smokey  room
and  she  sits  hidden  on  the  floor  playing  flute.
She  plays  Irish melodies. 
Everyone is   smoking,  the  air  curling  with  rhyme  
Everyone is  drinking  including  me,  including  her,
Why  she  hides  on  the  floor  behind  a  chair ,  near  the  door
I  don’t  know.

Everyone is singing , everyone is  playing.
Then  she  rises ,  walks  over  and  sits  next  to  me
and  says  ,  ''how  does  that  tune  go?''
I  put  out  the  cigarette  because  everybody’s  smokin’
and  I  put  down  the  beer  because  everybody’s  drinkin’
and  the  mandolin’s  on  my  lap  and  I
play  a  few  chords ,  and  I
sing  a  swift  melody.

She  points  her  wide  eyes  across  the  room  and  raises
a  silver  flute  to  her  mouth
her  lips  caressing
the  old  tune  I’m  singing
the  mandolin  clicking  ,   feet  tap  tap   tapping .

''It’s  the  smoke  I  don’t  like''  she  says.
And  its  true  the  ceiling  is  high.
And  it’s  true  everyone is  smoking.

And  it’s  true  if  she  stops  arriving
then  the  flute  stays  at  home ,
and  the  mandolin , tap-tap-tapping,
         Is  heard  all  alone .

 

 

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