Blessing

Cleopatra’s Needle, Broadway & 92nd
Photo Credit: Cleopatra’s Needle

Cleopatra’s Needle

I spy the bass player through the window,

clumsily bumping down Broadway;

he could have hidden a body in that over-

sized soft case, her head resting on his

shoulder there at the end of her improbably

long neck, whispering whatever it is she

tells him each night

that puts him in the mood

for jazz

© R Mark Grace