{"id":31888,"date":"2017-08-05T09:46:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=31888"},"modified":"2017-08-05T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T14:34:03","slug":"september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/september\/","title":{"rendered":"September"},"content":{"rendered":"

September<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I remember September, <\/em>and those heady days of 1971 \u2013<\/p>\n

ok, vaguely \u2013<\/p>\n

before my sister was born and the world was mine alone.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Earth, Wind, and Fire \u2013<\/p>\n

those horns<\/p>\n

always those horns<\/p>\n

brought the sun on my skin,<\/p>\n

my braids,<\/p>\n

my face.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Those harmonies \u2013<\/p>\n

take me to those early adolescent days \u2013<\/p>\n

tape recorder recorded versions<\/p>\n

dancin\u2019 in September<\/em><\/p>\n

recorded from tinny AM stations,<\/p>\n

static<\/p>\n

YEOW!<\/em><\/p>\n

to play back \u2013<\/p>\n

dancing in closed-door bedrooms in sock feet<\/p>\n

to slide and try the disco moves I saw on Soul Train.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Even then I wanted to dance like that \u2013<\/p>\n

maybe not disco but with some kind of rhythm beyond the Cree drum beating in my heart.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The bass,<\/p>\n

funky and deep in my hips,<\/p>\n

waking something in me I had seen hints of in my speeding heart beat<\/p>\n

when cute boys<\/p>\n

and some disco girls<\/p>\n

were passing by in clouds of Herbal Essence<\/p>\n

and Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific –<\/p>\n

washed into feathered hair with gem-studded fingers<\/p>\n

and gold-flecked water.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But those horns!<\/p>\n

Those horns \u2013<\/p>\n

that YEOW!<\/em><\/p>\n

are\/were Everything!<\/p>\n

Sunshine in my soul.<\/p>\n

Sunshine in my soul in spite of any other dark, oily creatures vying for my heart.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Do you remember\u2026?<\/em><\/p>\n

those horns \u2013<\/p>\n

that base line \u2013<\/p>\n

makes me smile for those late days of the disco decade<\/p>\n

when all I wanted to do was<\/p>\n

dance in September<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when there was never a cloudy day\u2026YEOW!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when love was here to stay.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a9 R. L. Elke<\/p>\n

Aug 5\/17<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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