poemranker ::the beale street mud festival. by wilco

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Free verse № 99950

the beale street mud festival.

Member since 2004 · Posted 2 May 2004 · Edited 2 May 2004 · 7 comments

The houses on the hill watch gleefully, windows shining brightly through the gloom. The screaming of the winds the only sound, other than the roar of the huddled masses. Lightly breaking upon the brim of a straw hat, the rain seems to be slowly tapering. Still, the sheet covered electronics sleep, with no intention of coming to life. The river moves quickly past, and glowing with the light from the listless stage. Clouds continue to carry the sky on their backs, and offer no hope of a moonlit evening. There can be do debating that it is time to go, for there will be no music in the park tonight. Still, there is something quite amusing about two thousand assholes standing ankle-deep in mud and the driving rain ...to see Journey.

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[8] deleted user 2-May-04/4:25 PM Reply
Funny, because I wasn't there. Still, I remember the thunderstorms of a Tennessee summer evening.
[n/a] wilco › deleted user 2-May-04/4:30 PM Reply
The worst thing was that the temp was only in the low 50's. Very cold when you're soaked and the wind is coming at you off of the river. All you can do is keep drinking to stay warm and have a good time. :o1
[8] INTRANSIT 2-May-04/5:29 PM Reply
(Journey) Ha! What beautiful irony.
[8] Shuushin 2-May-04/7:35 PM Reply
"only sound" really is tough to pull off...

Some nice images here.
[n/a] wilco › Shuushin 2-May-04/7:36 PM Reply
Just trying to get across the point that the bands woudn't play because of the rain. Obviously there would be other sounds but....well....y'know.
[10] edpeterson 3-May-04/9:17 AM Reply
Very funny.
[8] richa 3-May-04/12:52 PM Reply
Cute, the inversion in the second verse is a little baffling (lightly breaking the rain rather than the rain lightly breaking).