People gather on
fire escape balconies
clapping a beat into night winds
as musicians in the street below
lure the people closer with sound
as the reason to reason
spills from a half blood moon
releasing rhythm legs
to be free
as a warm shower of jazz
spills into humid air
and people dance
the volume of life
with fingers stretching to heaven
as sidewalks fill
and hands release
the deep of deep.
Roger Singer 