Songs

Eternal Feel

I heard Monk mumbling in the dark
the alley of my dreams last night
torturing the voicings like a genius
blurring intervals with epistrophic ecstasy
it was vivid
it was so real
I was caught up in the rhythm-wrapped
eternal feel

I heard Miles breathing through his horn
blocking spaces in the paragraphs of time
canceling the countdown toward destruction
with the cool capriciousness of spontaneity
it was vivid
it was so real
I was caught up in the rhythm-wrapped
eternal feel

I saw Coltrane dozing with his sax
hands fingering the stops in fitful sleep
ripping through arpeggiated nightmares
taunting the apocalypse with unbridled energy
it was vivid
it was so real
I was caught up in the rhythm
caught up in the rhythm-wrapped
eternal feel