Why am I dancing
to the blues on the radi-
o? Tonight of all
nights? They still say the
war on terror; prosecute
the war on terror.
Words justify words.
And so I dance to the blues
tonight, dance to words
that move my artless
feet to the music. The blues
will teach us to dance.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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