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To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (1729)4/19/1999 11:34:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Respond to of 2095
 
Trane
Edward Kamau Brathwaite

Propped against the crowded bar
he pours into the curved and silver horn
his old unhappy longing for a home

the dancers twist and turn
he leans and wishes he could burn
his memories to ashes like some old notorious emperor
of rome, but no stars blazed across the sky when he was born
no wise men found his hovel. this crowded bar
where dancers twist and turn

holds all the fame and recognition he will ever earn
on earth or heaven, he leans against the bar
and pours his old unhappy longing in the saxaphone



To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (1729)4/19/1999 11:37:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Respond to of 2095
 
For Eric Dolphy
Ethridge Knight

on flute
spinning spinning spinning
love
thru/out
the universe
i
know
exactly
whut chew mean
man

you like
titi
my sister
who never expressed LOVE
in words (like the white folks always d
she would sit in the corner.................o
and cry..............................................i
everytime..........................................n
ah.....................................................g
got a whuppin...



To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (1729)4/19/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 2095
 
Listening to Sonny Rollins at the Five Spot
Paul Blackburn

There will be many other nights like
be standing here with someone, some
one
someone
some-one
some
some
some
some
some
some
one
there will be other songs
a-nother fall, another--spring, but
there will never be a-nonth, noth
anoth
noth
anoth-er
noth-er
noth-er
noth-er
........................Other lips that I may kiss,
but they won't thrill me like
........................thrill me like
.............................................like yours
used to
...............dream a million dreams
but how can they come
when there
........................never be
a-noth--