PAD Challenge Day 15: 6 Minutes and 46 Seconds on 18th and Vine
PAD
Challenge Day 15: Write a dream poem.
6
Minutes and 46 Seconds on 18th and Vine
Every
time I’m alone,
my
thoughts feel like leapin’ and lopin’
as my ears plug into Sonny Clark’s Deep in a Dream.
I
close my eyes to get lost in a dream.
The
saxophone blows me away to 18th and Vine Street.
My
1980s soul accompany your 1940s soul.
Our
heels mimic the piano keys.
Our
gap-toothed smiles are twins,
side by side.
Arm
in arm, we are the best
jazzy
friends in the Jazz District.
Together,
we walk and talk.
Talk
and walk.
Dissect
the arts.
Give
more life to each other.
While
our tongues are set on fire
by
Cajun shrimps and crawfish,
sweeten
by Beignets and sweet tea lemonade,
we
exchange the bullshit that the
world
has offered you and I since my last visit.
I’ll
ask about the Isle of Capri Kansas City.
You’ll
say, “Damn right, I always play my cards right.”
Then
reach for my right hand to place 15 Andrew Jacksons
or
10 Andrew Jacksons and 2 Ulysses S. Grants,
all
rolled up from underneath your right hand.
You’ll
say “This is between me and you.
Spend
it wisely. Don’t let your left hand know
what
your right hand got baby.
You
are my grandbaby and I love you.”
I’ll
chuckle, say thank you,
while
hugging you and planting a soft kiss on
your
chocolate cheek like it’s my last time.
Then
we go jamming at The Gem
or
maybe we’ll show out and
shake
our tailfeathers in The Blue Room
until
the Moon’s light come out and join us.
I’ll
walk you back to your apartment
until
all that jazz goes silent.
Then
realize, after all that jazz
became
silent-
this
dream,
that
I deeply got lost in,
in
memory of you,
became
silent too.
D’ElegantOne
![]() |
18the and Vine Street Jazz Distric of Kansas City, MO I miss you granny Ruby! :-) |
Comments
Post a Comment