Hendrix Stratocaster Syndrome((((
Strange echo, cadence,
tinnitus stalking
the auracles, AS-
the inner-ear reacts
like sirens, screaming -
in piercing terminal pitch.
My hands compress
impregnable audio;
feckless attempts, TO-
muffle the maddening shrill,
that resulted in adamant,
irreverseable deteriment,
and total opposement
to any efforts
to allay this mute dystrophy,
petulant symphony -
in the womb of my inner-ear,
and unkindly accompanied
by mind-chasing hiss,
as if Boa or Cobra
were tone and pitch.
And this demon of demons
deafness its Reason
'Dark Decibel Demon',
from years and 'hears' OF-
much unkempt
watts and ohms.
[Ohms unkempt....WATT the ____ ]?
Saw Hendrix and his Gypsy Band,
Woodstock, New Yorks'farmland
'Twas summertime, OF-
Sixty-Nine -
It was A W E S O M E!
Jimi messaging...
with cool white band;
massaging...
with skilled left hand;
long black neck,
playing fast to his riff
til' he climaxed...
young girls oogled and awed,
came fast, at his beckoned call, FOR-
the sexual encore...,
'Electric Ladyland'....
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poem by Frank James Ryan Jr.
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