
Morgan, Mulligan and Me
‘My Funny Valentine’
Art Farmer – trumpet
Gerry Mulligan – baritone sax
Bill Crow – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
There was
it seemed
a chance
after all
a chance
that in spite
of the thick
cat curve of
Morgan’s midnight
hair; the
electric green
surveillance of
those Cleopatra
eyes; the
devastating scorn
of that
elevated lip,
she might
just notice me
for all my looks
laughable un-
photographable.
A neutral party
told me late
one Tuesday
after lunch
and with all of
break before us
(this for the price
of my last
French cigarette)
that you had
a thing
a real thing
a kink for a
saxophone.
Where all
the other girls
had things for
a kiss-curl fall
or a hand
drooped limp
at the wrist
or a hip-switch
twist away from
the microphone
you favoured
the blue smoke
of a saxophone.
So it was…
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