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Learning to Listen (for Faruq)

by Marc Beaudin
June 6, 2026

“Listen to the reed and how it tells a tale, complaining of separation" --from Mathnawi by Rumi translated by Faruq Z. Bey (1942--2012) With dusk descending on Marcus Garvey Park suffused w/ the tones and stones of Harlem surrounded suddenly from within by your music Having heard the news just before boarding a plane Having heard the news that your sax was in its case the case closed and ...