Phantom Limb
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
My guitar is
My phantom limb
They cut it away from me
I pawned it
I no longer play it.
My guitar
That red Charvel
With the single -coil
Pickups…
I can still feel it
That power
Strapped to my body
The opening figure
Of "Sonic Reducer"
In Ferrari red.
I was going to take over the world
With that limb
That arm
I was going to bring it all crashing down
Samson among the Philistines
With my E chord
But no…
Just another casualty
Just another accident
They cut it away from me
I pawned it
I no longer play it
I go to job interviews
And museums now
Feeling it still
That power that noise
Always strapped
To my side
And the world is largely colorless
Without it.