A Rhyme in 12/8's Time

I write a rhyme

In a different time

To

Change it all around.

Like Mr. Vaughn and the blues

This awkward rhythm that I choose

Is

To provide a different sound.

Like B-minor sevenths and A-major sevenths

Ringing aloud from blues guitar heavens

My

Words ring on a different scale.

Pentatonic G minor

Which lifts my mind higher

And

The blue notes for soul as well.

This offbeat rhythm,

So carelessly given

Yet

Painstakingly perfect in it’s execution

Lights the soul on fire

With swing-timed desire

And

Jolts the nerves in electrocution.

Now my words are the chords

For these blues guitar lords

That

With soulful fingers, bend the lines.

It is with soul to you,

I present in true

My

Rhyme in 12/8’s time.