Monday, March 14, 2011

"Alley Violinist" by Robert Lax

if you were an alley violinist

and they threw you money
from three windows

and the first note contained
a nickel and said:
when you play, we dance and
sing, signed
a very poor family

and the second one contained
a dime and said:
i like your playing very much,
signed
a sick old lady

and the last one contained
a dollar and said:
beat it,

would you:
stand there and play?

beat it?

walk away playing your fiddle?


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1 comment:

  1. This is such a great poem! I wrote a little about it here:
    http://theoncominghope.blogspot.com/2011/09/poem-of-day-robert-lax-alley-violinist.html

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