Poem: Billie Holiday’s Voice In My Ear

That voice cries out of pain – not so much in pain but very much in an expression of pain, the memory of so many types of pain so close.

That voice cries out like a horn, a bell, a piano even – anything but a human voice.

But there are times when you'll have a Billie Holiday record on and you don't ever need to hear any other voice.

Like when you have a Bi…