"Leadbelly."
"You could actually hear it in his voice.
Sometimes the only way to discuss it
is to grip a guitar as if it were somebody's throat
and pluck.
If there were a ship off of this planet,
an ark where the blues could show its other face,
a street where you could walk, just
walk without dogged air at your heels at your back.
Don't you think he'd choose it?
Meanwhile, here's the tune.
Bad luck.
Empty pockets.
Trouble walking your way with its tin ear."