Perception Spring 2023

Jam for Leo
Charles Gebbia
Five friends remain
One fallen, honored by
A saxophone, two guitars, two voices
In a small pub, punk and virgin
Loving and full of familiar faces
On the walls
On the people
With music in the air
“Remembrance Song”
Connecting and
crossing languages
Low lights and lower stools,
CD’s, lighters, cigarettes
Memorabilia clutters
Love encompasses
And joy fills the small pub
“Love me tender, love me true”
Support in the hard parts,
love through the hardest
Labradors and leather pants,
a kilt and t-shirts,
hair as high as a houseplant
Beers and daiquiris
Tabs and testimonials
Friends form new bonds
Connections made in sounds of
Grief and laughter
Song unites between the
chalk walls and drawings
“In Rock Trust”
The “We” left unsaid and unwritten.
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Joan Baez
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