A bouquet of musical notes in exotic language

 A bouquet of musical notes in exotic language 

A drummer to guide them through the changes

The bass tries its best to make sense

In the same rhythm key

Excellent musicians play on the same stage

Barely together they play on impulse 

Share the same amplifiers

And name drop Mingus or Miles

Note for note or improvisation 

It starts and ends like merry melodies

But there the resemblance ends

Thrashing piano strings in altered aurora 

Blip box finger taps 

Not quite in synch, 

not quite on stage

Cypher proximity of dexterous fingers

Frantically stabbing the keyboard

Tweaking the piano strings

Loud and low counterpoints

Bad dissonance prompted by a rebel

Scatting screams of gutteral anguish 

Avant guarde creative

Never been done before

Rendering of syncopated percussion

July 13, 2024