Just Jazz
Last summer I became a bird
plucked straw from the fields
plundered cotton from old chairs
to make a quiet nest
Fluttered in fountains
twittered when cats were near
dug Miles and Trane for sustenance
and Billie Holiday
No problem
No sweat
just Jazz
by Nikki Giovanni
from Blues For All The Changes
William Morrow and Company, 1999
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