frets
raze his bass was a snake
and he made it dance,
kneading the neck
for harmonics just
past the fifth fret.

so strange to see him
standing not with a bull
fiddle between his legs,
but clutching something
too timid to sing
into the open air

an eastern racer equipped
with flatwound strings
and a humbucking heart.
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