Hard Rock, Kid Rock
Up and down this invigorating web
of streets and
alleys,
at this potent
location,
full of
valuable appeal,
where walk spry
citizens
and those whose
geriatric limping
sense the
attractions and rousing jabs of chords
from within The
Hard Rock Cafe.
A place without
specific fashion required,
only faces full
of furrowed dedication
to the sight of
all things country.
Contained on
these streets,
the shallow
dreams of so many musical wannabes,
exhibiting
minded despair.
Inflated
worshippers,
willing to
accept a grubby recompense
offered by
bloodthirsty gnats
with their
names among record label signs.
Further within,
one feels bone
surprising intensity,
the prickling
bleed of ears
as they stand
beside Kid Rock’s bar.
Along the shops
and Honky Tonks
there’s the
stalwart visibility of instruments
carried,
displayed.
Bar noise
fights against the blare
from open party
buses, those feverish monorails
traversing the
tidal crisscross,
a dozen paths
at each intersection.
If suddenly downtown Nashville
fell under the
Earth,
carrying with
it all its battalion of ills and blessings,
and centuries
later was uncovered,
still, the
meaningful entirety
of this
treasured dig
would be understood and coveted.
Linda Imbler
Linda Imbler’s poetry collections include three self-published works, “Big Questions, Little Sleep,” “Lost and Found,” and “Red Is The Sunrise.”
Soma Publishing has published her two e-book collections, “The Sea’s Secret Song,” and “Pairings,” a hybrid of short fiction and poetry. Examples
of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.
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