dodging flatted fifths

tight rippling chords

spraying starfish across the Oceanfloor

it is inspiration

sinking into the beckoning fog

as the boat slowly waterfalls

it is inspiration

celebrating the remaining survivors

dodging these 5-star notes

sprayed across the Oceanfloor,

bubbles riding foam-topped drunken waves,

collage lovers dancing jitterbug,

brimming chords dodging the notes,

somersaulting,

then pooled

it is inspiration riding these waves

sinking with the tide

bubbling with survivors,

then submerging,

then drowning,

dodging the notes that took a lifetime to be conceived,

the waiting notes,

chorded jazz minor flatted fifths

it is inspiration surviving this passing fog

these enduring lifetimes of collage dancers,

yes, it is inspiration

to love

then to let go

to be sprayed across the Oceanfloor

1/26/81

Asbury Park, NJ