Skronk

An odd word describing

sounds sputtering

then squalling 

then blasting

from the bell

of a bass clarinet

that tight drum sound

that sounds like someone

tapping

then the skronk

that sounds like a cry 

to the souls of the dead

calling them back to the land of the living

a cry of desolation

a cry of exasperation

a cry of naked expression

the sound of the blues

and the abstract truth.

( An old poem from my open mic days some 20 years ago, I was reading a lot of the Beat Poets at the time , and the book 'But Beautiful ' by Geoff Dyer, which was a big influence . I was also listening to lots of jazz and the music of Eric Dolphy inspired this one)