You mean...

When I speak to you in timbr'd tongue

and call out to you with my pitched base;

when I address you in melancholy but

yet also...  regard you with an up-tempo'd

appreciation...

It's because I care,

‘cause it's no-longer "Just An Illusion" -

the au natural chords that I live by, you

give to me with giddy strings (lol).

Check it!

I ain't got love for tired tracks

once played,

and ain't got room for old hits once laid...

I only want you, with me

making soothing sounds like

Kem(istry!).

            --- my old ways are now "Gravity!"

I done tango'd in the Havana's,

and strung Madison's quartets,

done sung with the greatest Stars

and now I've "Fallen" for you

without any regrets

            --- Count [my] Basie's (they're all for

you!)

Let me have my Fit(z)geralds

and spend endless time with you

afar with Monks, and get Dizzy w/h

you & Gillespie as we ride

Everlasting Ways together;

along the Miles on Davis' Rd., hell...

even take you back to school

and call up a resurgence and

dance and swing the nights away;

maybe even call up the Duke and have him

play

us a "William's Handy beat!"

I just don't want to loose you...

Been through Muddy Waters and

wadded through the Holiday's with Porgy

and Best,

done met the Hills' and ran a mile

w/h the Baker's, stood like Nightingales

in all the theatres,

but was always alone ‘cause I

never had you:

            "My whole Arm(s)Strong -

you're my bearcat!"

I'ma baby grand, but I'm keyless

without you; ain't got a dime to

play a record, but still got

you (a dame) to my name to

record unconditional loves...  I'm Whishing on A Star

to love you more than

an Oscar, I miss being with you...

Our feelings ain't tied up into

duets, hell I'm a "Good[man] like Benny"

and don't got reason to do you wrong,

just give me a chance, and you'll see..

 When I speak to you in timbr'd tongue

and call out to you with my pitched base;

yet also...  regard you with an up-tempo'd

appreciation...

It's ‘cause I care,

because it's no-longer "Just An Illusion" -

the au natural chords that I live by, you

give to me with giddy strings - and

I owe you for that dearly,

I love you soulfully!

By: Keenan M. Gorham

(3/21/2006)

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