Where Did the Blues Go to Die? - A Poem by Chris Zachariou

 

A Blues Guitar Player

I waited at the station for the train
to St. Louis, but the train never came.

Now years later I still wonder.
When the deluge hit the State
and Noah's ark was wrecked
where did the Blues go to die?
Some say it drowned in New Orleans
but the captain was nowhere in sight.

There were no heroes on the day
and there are no heroes now.
There are no heroes in the country anymore
and still, my brothers play the Blues
on broken guitars and banjos.