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photo via pxhere.com
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Midnight Blue
sculpted notes
& scrawled graffiti. /. we bathe
in sunlight . wearing . wide-
brimmed hats
you remain uncontrollable
I sometimes am non-
comprehensible
the city is the
………..backdrop
…………..of all of
our . dreams
you leave no room for brevity
you’ve got no humor / you’ve
got . no levity
(& if this doesn’t call
for a laugh / please
tell me what does?
I want your / bombast
laced with the ….Blues
…incredible!
I want to be …..humbled
by your soul explorations
I want . Kenny Burrell
on ……………my turntable!
I want all of my Blues
to be midnight
blue
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Connie Johnson has multiple Pushcart Prize nominations for poetry. A California-based writer, she has authored Everything is Distant Now (Blue Horse Press) and I Have Almost Everything (Boats Against the Current). In a Place of Dreams, her digital chapbook (containing audio readings/personal narrative), was published by Jerry Jazz Musician. Click here to view it.
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Listen to the 1963 recording of guitarist Kenny Burrell performing his composition “Midnight Blue,” with Major Holley (bass); Bill English (drums); and Ray Barretto (conga). [Universal Music Group]
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