Up all night
listening

to heartbreak jazz,
Progressive jazz
Up with which
she would put
only so much!

“I gotta tell ya’:
Drum solos...?
Bass solos
and such....?
skat ‘n all that...?"

"Wait, here’s Louis 'n Ella.”

Suddenly: a stream...
a shovel of melodies,
showtunes, oldies...
dreams of life
and love from
the Big Band theora
comes over the air
and saves the night.

I stop what I’m doing.
Glazed, shot eyes shut,
I’m dancing with her again
In my mind we glide...
Outta sight.

She swirls, I sway,
She twirls, I . . . sway,
She smiles...I fall.
(“Damn it all”).
Then She’d say,
Above the laughter...

“You know you’re dreaming, right ? ”

I’m up all night,
after night, after...
"Isn't it a Lovely Day?"

June 16th, 2009
Denise, m'luv !
Muse who amused.
Happy Bloomsday
Bunny2Bear