You Blowdried Your Hair

Coltrane alone
is not Coltrane.
Save that
in
memory.

Jimmy Garrison,
bump bump.
Elvin Jones.

You're on my belly
nuzzling like a cat,
stroking my ankle with
your foot, pinching me
with your monkey toes.
I'm following my hand
up and down your side.

Tyner's walls
and keys.
Pharoah, Dolphy.

Ascend
the ladder.

Four or five
will take you all.


2011