Smooth sweet wood
mellow messages
warmly delivered
like summer rain
rich with flavor
notes of chocolate
candy for ears
rolling sweetness
through the head
into the fingers
and tapping toes
like running winds
pulsing and pleasing
falling with purpose
wrinkling a shirt
or a dark hat
then dripping coolly
onto hands
intent on reaching
for the door
where jazz
encourages the soul
gesturing with sounds
to the smoky room
where on stage
a man in a chair
plays a guitar.
Roger Singer 