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WASTE OF A JAZZ BAND
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50 WASTE OF A JAZZ BAND This slavery throws thick rust on percussion instruments Cushioning to muteness The jar of cymbals From underneath the pianist’s fingernails Secretions of incendiary evil set keyboard afire Raptor of a winged dumbness lands on the throat Plucks off singer’s voice. No ears fetch supple strains from velvety voices To quench the musical thirst Of love-struck hearts With what… To pluck musical strings When the guitarist’s fingers Go to fill the stomach Of famished leprosy? Player’s bad breath and spittle Degenerate the trombone to a cranky disuse As microphone un-sings – in retching mode – lyrics that Into it the devil had sung, Help tidy up, dear cleaner bard This squalid stand, littered With the wire and plywood wreckage To which state musicians Have vandalized the cello ...