Belfast, 1975.
The guitar man waits backstage, having a beer and a fag and a moment. The fingers holding the cigarette are stubby and calloused. When they go under the spotlight these hands will be transformed, like the rest of the guitar man, into objects of grace. No sun was ever warmer than that light. Stuff the past where the sun don't shine; all that matters is now.
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