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Two Poems

by Alain Derbez

Baterista de Jazz (para Antonio Sanchez y Rolando P. Alarcon)
Oigo:
        Alguien esta escuchando
Jazz Drummer (for Antonio Sanchez and Rolando P. Alarcon)
I hear:
        Somebody is listening
* * *
Virgilio oye free jazz
         (para Hernan Aaron Remi)
- Me dijo: Quien es Dios?
- Aquel craneo de jade
       desollado
aquel sol desolado...
- Pero es el dios del Ruido - protesto.
- Enciende los inciensos.
Saja la carne viva de humo
el saxofon:
la huella que se evade
esa!
es la Libertad
y sana necedades
Virgil hears free jazz
                        for Hernan Aaron Remi
- He said: Who's God?
- That flayed cranium of jade
That desolated sun . . .
- But that is the god of Noise - he protested
- The saxophone lights up the incenses
Bleeds the living flesh of smoke
That!
the elusive footprint
is Freedom
and it heals blunders

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reuben jackson

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October 15, 04

in short, these are wonderful. concise, lyrical, and to the point.. easier said than done, let me tell you! ('bout it)

reuben jackson washington, dc

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