chet baker

he misses by so little,
fires
fires
deep
into your
gut
then down
into your
soul.
that
west coast jazz
that-
cool jazz
that
nobody
seems
to understand.
the
heroin will
catch up to you
chet
but I'll still
listen.
you see,
our worlds are
similarly alike,
abstract
and out of their time.
like the inside
of a painting.
those silent
1950's nights with
mulligan...
it was passed down
to you
from mulligan
who had it from
ellington
then
59 years later
for that
fire
that misses
by so little.