I hear the ghost singing the blues of the black

The mortal says
jazz is the aspirin,
a way to take
to take ache away --
In the minutes there is time,
to switch chores into shifting choruses,
to play vibes and visions in improvisations,
which the minutes will reverse:
it is time
to dismiss the world’s mistreats
to ditch life's defining, or deriding, restraints,
to jaywalk the damned fate
dissipating all our says;
it is time
to rise
to thrive
to digress
if not transgress
rewriting the life's elegy
as a live poetry.

by Kathy

[I found writing poetry is a good way to share good music :) This Nina Simone performance is one of my favorite live pieces - Nina's vocal is electrifying, even the piano exudes her vibratos (which are lyrical and fueled with intense feelings). Enjoy :) ]