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Raw Jazz Man
to his lips
flavors the reed
with panama spice
takes a slow,
deep drag
of mystery—
ex-ha-lation!
as the universe
centers itself
in every note
he blows poems
into my heart
when he plays
with that saxophone
i pay homage
in rhyme and verse
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