The Jazz Man's Last Note




Pirate showboat on the high seas
black magic in the crow's nest
idols in the treasure chest

White dust eyes of the Incas
watch the compass needle
with deep compassion

decompression

rapture of the deep

high in the bathysphere

galaxies

In the middle of the shower's idyll
bubble pipes blow the whole idea
just another Jolly Roger
laughing at the gas chamber




-MST 1976