grace pencil...

a bird is singing...

Clouds

barge in

darkly,

Spirit,

and

a bird is singing.

- -

A bird is singing.

jean 1960 copa pencil...

a novella in hip...

Cloudy
River rain
In the piano room
Arpeggios & Monk's Notes Not There
Played
&
Heard
A
Novella
In
Hip
Somewhere - -
Somewhere
Over the Rainbow

'gentle rain'...

Familiar Street
Old photographs in a box
Lamps
Lighted
Piccolos wafting
Smoky
&
Blue
- -
Wistful
The table & the flowers are empty
&
A trumpet plays
The
Perfect
Song

like matisse's painting 'purple robe' in Paint...

in the fall of 1953...

In the fall of 1953
Jazz
&
Boxing
&
Basketball
We were youth
Sinking 20 footers off the backboard over the garage door
Tommy Brown & me
Crunching leaves into newspaper & smoking it
The afternoon suns were golden
Different from today
&
Gave us a feeling
We were youth
Oh!
I'm sure someone said the world would end then too
Hey!
Smoking leaves wrapped in newspaper
Now, that had to be good for us
Under a light bulb hanging from a black wire
Precariously
&
Gary Bossie on tenor sax in the mood in the mood
Trumpet moonlight serenade
Eddie Hall on Waxo barrel bass
Marciano LaStarza Marciano by TKO in the 11th
Every street corner a pool hall & zoots & yellow dresses
Press passes & yellow cabs
The
Polo
Grounds
New York New York
September 24
Rocky & Roland
Our March Madness! under the lights
Aaaah!
Then
We were youth
Under the stars
&
Jack Kerouac was at the Staten Island Ferry dock in New York City