AN UNLIKELY STORY
(THIS ONE)
BUT STUCK IN
THE GLORY
OF ROCK
AND ROLL…
OR BETTER YET
THE RISE OF
A STRANGE
SEXY
TALENTED
LADY
WHOSE
CHOICES
REMIND ME
OF SOMEBODY
CAGEY:
SHE FIRST
APPEARED
ON A TRIBUTE
TO NIVANA,
TAKING THE PLACE
THE BEAUTIFUL
SPACE
ONCE HELD
BY KURT,
UNTIL HE
DESTROYED HIMSELF
INTO THE DIRT,
BUT WE LOVED
HIM ANYWAY
WANTING
TO SEE HIM PLAY,
AND SING THE
PAINFUL
TUNES,
WHICH WE
NEVER SEE
ON ZOOM…
SO THE PRODUCERS
GOT CLEVER
AS THE BAND
GOT TOGETHER
AND CHOSE
ANNIE CLARK
OUT OF THE DARK,
SHE WAS IN A
WHITE/BLOND WIG
WITH THAT
ROCKING
GUITAR
SO BOLD AND
BRAZEN…
SHE FIT
LIKE A RAISIN
AMONGST THOSE
NASTY ROCKERS
BELOVED BY
MANY,
THE ONLY WOMAN
WHO EVER
SANG THE ANTHEMS
WITH HER
LONG SLENDER
LEGS
ADEPT FOR
DANCING,
I RARELY RECALL
THE NAMES OF
THEM ALL,
BUT SINCE I
LOVED “ALL APOLOGIES”
AND THE WAY
NIVANA PLEASED
I SAVED MY
MEMORIES
OF ANNIE
FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS,

WONDERING WHAT
HAD BECOME
OF THE WILD HEARTED
PLAYER
AND HER BRAND
OF GUITAR
UNTIL SHE
APPEARED
ON MY MUSIC HORIZON
DANCING WITH DUA
TO A HUGE
HALLELUJAH,
TWO PAIRS OF
LONG LEGS
AND VOICES MATCHED
LIKE POWDER KEGS,
THEN CAME CONCERTS
ALL DRESSED
IN HOT PINK
(SHUTTERING
THE PLAYERS
IN FUNNY GRASS
LAYERS)
BUT NEVER ONCE
WAS HER
PERFORMANCE
A BORE, SHE LOVED
RAGGY CLOTHES
AND A LIPSTICK
GALORE,
BUT MAINLY SO
DIFFERENT
ALWAYS A BALL
TO WATCH
HER PERFORM
AND PLAY FOR
US ALL,
AND NOW I SIT
HERE
AWAITING HER
MERCH
(ALAS, IT HAS
FLOUNDERED
DESPITE
A GOOD SEARCH),
I GOT A BIG
HOODIE
AND A PROMISE
OF MUSIC
NEW AND QUITE
STRANGE
(SHE WILL NOT
REARRANGE)
OR TAKE
OF THE BIRTHDAY
CAKE,
POPPING OUT
TO SLITHER
AND WITHER
THE BRIGHT RED
LIPS
AND FINGER TIPS
PLAYING THAT
FINE GUITAR,
BUT WHERE IS
MY DISC, GIRL…
I CANNOT
WAIT
TO GIVE IT
A WHIRL:
TO MAKE MY
HEART
BEAT
AND MY BLOND
LOCKS
CURL!

©JW WINSLOW 5/1/2021