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To Alice…

RECOMMENDED READING Play it Again.
MAKES ME SMILE The sunflowers I grow in my garden.
PERSONAL MOTTO Keep your promises.

Home Made Jazz

Chicago dad curled over
Out of tune keys
Hammering chords
After dinner.

Collecting Mingus,
McPartland, Monk,
“Money Jungle 1962”,
Listening while we slept.

Scratched vinyl now
Stacked in my basement,
The faded cardboard faces
Like you are gone.

I miss you being cool,
Daddy-o.

Home Made Jazz

Chicago dad curled over
Out of tune keys
Hammering chords
After dinner.

Collecting Mingus,
McPartland, Monk,
“Money Jungle 1962”,
Listening while we slept.

Scratched vinyl now
Stacked in my basement,
The faded cardboard faces
Like you are gone.

I miss you being cool,
Daddy-o.

Alice Becker

Seattle / Chicago, IL

 
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