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peace on earth
to paraphrase
a pompous
college professor,"i believe
coltrane said it best":tenor horn
glistening on
an osaka stage,
summer of '66;fatal illness on
the outskirts
of his
buddha body/
rocking like
a wailing widow
before war dead
in hiroshima.
new york.
cape town.
birmingham:swaying like
a temple bell.theme more
rewarding
than profits
showers the
reverent
audience/saxophone as
enola gay
dropping science:
- (peeeeeeeease
- onnnnn
- earrrrrrrthhhhh)
his loving declaration
escapes the basement,
ruffles a neighbor's flag.
Reuben Jackson
9/20/01 ©
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