a Mashito Challenge....I HATE THE BLUES

 

When will they go away
those old-timey funky blues
Tired of being reminded
that they came from Africa
and are still with us today
From dumb country blues
to standing at the crossroad
of Highway 69 and 41
late Saturday night
Legendary crooners like
Eric Clapton,
Chris Thomas King, R.L. Burnside,
and Bonnie Raitt.
still trying to get it right
Depression era..
yet depressing still
From country to city
Memphis and Mississippi too
Packed clubs,
street musicians
practicing their skill,
All-night card games,
ladies of the night,
fights from Ike and Tina
B.B. King
and his guitar
with a stupid name like Lucille
Little Milton
was anything but little
and Fats Domino
lied about his thrill
he had no one to take
to Blueberry Hill
Sweet home Chicago
The folk  revival
and the Union Jack Blues
Singing sad love songs
about loves
they always lose
Another
somebody
done somebody
wrong song
that's played
ova and ova all night long
Even when the Blues
rocked around the clock
Nobody got tired
til the dawn of morning
would  finally drop
The hard years
in the seventies
in Chicago
with the rise of different genres
Rock on the white side
funk and disco on the black
the blues
tried to make
another comeback
Folks selling it out of cars
Kareoke late at night
Choky,
smoky filled bars
still wouldn't even lit it die
Down south on the Chitlin' Circuit,
is where that fried,
greasy
and steamy blues
born in slaves
of Africa
to the joints of New Orleans
This is where I hope
the blues will shut up
crying
lying
and whining
and finally die