as a king
as
water cuts
water
as
clouds comb mountains
as
gospel
trains your ears
train your ears
trane your ears
for this train
harp + alto[i]
made Ravi
who put a king
on stage
John gave him a bed
John bought back
his pawned horn
John knew it’s
so hard
to eat
even now (we know, love)
so hard
to eat
from this sound
(stop being real &
sit your ass
down)
sit down!
before his beard of clouds
mountain the planets
back ‘round the sun
(so beautiful the man who isn’t just flesh but stars spun)
where you been, my brilliant one? (so many ruin ruin ruined run, look)
as
he loveblows
the earth
when he
rises slow
another hillside
dips persists
resists lifts
a mountain range
rearrange the range
rearrange
a horn
to
heaven he
always ends with a nod to
heaven since my brother, my mother, John, Alice,
too many
live in the air
up there
sound too
waves down
my king, yes, my king, yes
a shiny bell does
resound
let us
bow
before you, your
hallowed ground
[i] (Alice + John)
