Fifteen Feet In The Corner Poem by Marcus McKinley

The world weighs heavy on my shoulders
Like the varying bebop of piano keys
The walls in my mind insurmountable
Like the buzzing of a bee in a paper bag

The notes of a jazz trumpet set me free
To the mastery of Scott Joplin
And, the stringed cords that bind my mood
In melody all is forgotten

A mental syncopation of a worldly pace
Non economic or monetary
Blessings distinguished within their grace
A revelation are these revolutionaries