Mr. Africa Poetry Lounge!
ONE BLUE NOTE
when I was almost
nine months unborn
inside the belly
under the breast
under the maternity dress
inside the vaginal cave
doubled up womb deep
inside my daddy's wife
his steady laymate
his check, his love life
my mother
it was then I first knew
Jazz was a black classic music
that is created each time one blew true
Written by Ted Joans (1928-2003)
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