Riding down mei-nika
on a brief trap back to my adopted homeland, I hear it.
A call, response, traditional inflection and a smart
lyrical toughness out of step with the present, yet utterly modern.
Groovy,
swaggering hip hop inflected jazz drumming underpinning… I know what this is. I
feel it in the heart, my lawns, ain’t no mistakin, tis Nawlins.
The DJ wraps up,
he tells me: Galactic with Irma Thomas. Toldja now, didn’t I?
I been tryin’ to
get to New Orleans
an’ think I might’ve just gotten closer. Can you help me? I’ll see ya there.
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