Ain’t No Country Song

My gosh I hate country
No disrespect to man
Give me Hurt
I’ll listen to him then.

I’m locked up in these prison walls
A man and his guitar
I’m locked up in a country song
And they just ran off with my dog

They got them drawlin’ 
And bending them strings
That man over there on the piano
Playing in a minor key

I’m locked up in these prison walls
A man and his guitar
I’m locked up in a country song
And she just ran off with my dog

Now, I ain’t no criminal, no need for an orange suit
I don’t deserve this prison time with country interludes
I’m a free man now, God bless rock & roll
Ain’t no woman gonna steal my dog and put country on the radio!

This is for a dVerse prompt: For today’s Poetics prompt, I’d like you to read the lyrics, listen to the song, and write a poem about whatever it evokes for you. You may write in any form, but I’d like you to keep your poem to twenty lines or less.

The song is Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues”. You can click the dVerse link to read the lyrics and the background for the prompt. I hope you enjoy reading my poem!

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