Let's sit down and break some bread, pass the wine and ash tray.
Some sweet jazz, Oscar Peterson, Fats Waller and lady Holiday
A table for elbows to lean on as the smoke circles the light
A table as round as his glasses, we will spend this amazing night
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This is absolutely wonderful poem. I feel like meeting the man who was an icon of freedom. A befitting tribute to the man that captures the aura of an era that was synonymous with rebellion, liberation, intellectualism. Enjoyed thoroughly.
He was and will always be a Libran legend. The mind of the man where everything had to be fair and balanced, free and justified. Brilliance in a very humble human being. A reminder to us all to live in peace and with love.