Today’s unplugged session
has been easy on eyes and ears
John Lee Hooker
And a packet of strangers

Ever winding
on the riverbed of stereo
Don’t speed on me, clock
I don’t want this day to end

Cold numbers
in the scattered sky
pure as the high school princesses
in faux virgin finery

But that was 18 years ago
And now it’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo
chiming in to the air
on a sunny spot at Walden’s Coffeehouse
As the SUVs drive by