Grand Maestro Returns
Black Pearl
Spectrum Wave Publishing
Copyright@2026
The grand maestro of my lineage was bestowed a gift—
a ghost writer, penning songs across every rift,
a teacher, a guru in music.
Before He died,
then touched my forehead; the blessing implied.
I didn’t understand. Learning my ABC’s,
hooked on phonics, I read with ease,
adapting the spirit of poetry, then notes—
Mozart, Beethoven, gospel was in my throat.
My Aeiou made me harmonize, I became the flute.
I made the music, then learned the dispute,
the business side, so no one could be sly.
One day, a letter. A proposal. I
Read it all down to the finest print,
Googled the terms, saw the devil in it.
My lawyer said, “Don’t sign unless you will be burnt.”
I refused the X, watched the envelope turn,
then dusted my hands, returned to routine—
until one late evening, a haunting scene.
A spook crept through my basement door,
no knock, no warrant. I slept with one eye,
ears detecting scuffs in kitchen pipes nearby.
My ringcam led him to my living room floor.
He put on a blackface mask, similar to minstrel-show.
tap-dancing our two-step, mocking our brand,
making desperate attempts to take my hand
as if we were old friends—I already knew.
Dennis was my menace. He had stolen
our grand maestro’s inventions,
telephone, light, automobile, assembly line,
freight trains, the clock—all c as they claimed.
We argued all night; he sang another of my tunes.
The piano man claimed he sang out of tune.
How the hell was he claimed
that he was original Godfather
Above our people?
Masters. Royalties. From pop, rock,
heavy metal, blue jazz, to hip-hop, rap,
funk, rhythm & blues, scat, reggae, dancehall, country—wrap
it all up. Finally, his identity revealed:
The clown's face was unreal. He wiped it off, his dark painted on face
and red lips. When the music was gone,
it never faded from our people’s songs.
It came back to where it rightfully belonged.
The burglar left ashame; he also wished that he never have stolen
From our people.While our
accolades well tacked
Right back on our wall,
It was a big
giveaway—because they were never his at all.!