Blues Player -

The first chord is a question. The second, an answer he wishes he hadn't heard.

He doesn’t play for the five people nursing whiskey at the bar. He doesn’t play for the tips. He plays because the delta wind is still in his bones, and the city outside forgot how to listen a long time ago. Blues Player

The stage is nothing but a scuffed square of floorboard, a cracked ashtray, and a single amber bulb that hums with the same frequency as regret. He settles onto the stool, a man carved from late nights and bad luck, his fingers already finding the neck of a worn-out guitar. The first chord is a question