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Like a Girl Saying Yes
Sebastian Matthews

‘like a girl saying yes’

is the way Condon
put it

hearing Bix’s coronet
for the first time

a mellow tone
lofted gently from the bell

of the horn

like a girl saying yes

or as Louis said
followed (no doubt)
by his cackle laugh

“I’m tellin’ you

those pretty notes
went right thru me”

Poem, copyright © 2005 by Sebastian Matthews.  Available online via From the Fishouse.