<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392332" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>New Orleans Solo</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The swirling music stops within a moment <br>The banjo cuts through heavy scented air<br>Its high-tuned strings ring out into the darkness<br>High water and the flood are everywhere</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The music cooled the flood of '27<br>Spirits rose on high from burying grounds<br>The levees once again lie breached and broken<br>Upon the deep resistance of this sound</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She lacked the holy places for protection<br>No-one embraced her with a masterplan<br>A city stripped of all her antecedents<br>Concessionary purchase, sold again</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shadows perch on annual celebration<br>Jazz is heard, but playing on the screen<br>The smell of money dampens oleander <br>Homeless and poor left scattered by the sea<br>.<br>Free passage for all those with eyes averted <br>No Joan of Arc to lead a cry of rage<br>The tall oaks echo to the banjo music, <br>New Orleans solo, naked up on stage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>with thanks to B.D.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392332" data-title="New Orleans Solo de Frank Bana" data-description="The swirling music stops within a moment The banjo cuts through heavy scented air Its high-tuned strings ring out into the darkness High water and the flood are everywhere The music cooled the flood of '27 Spirits rose on high from burying groun..."></div> </div> </div>

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