Miles per gallon

poem for Tony Policano, author of "Before the Birth of Cool" poetry book

stop lights no longer make
this traveler
impatient

Miles Davis CDs
one with Kenny Garrett
blowin' some healing alto sax

the road goes
smoother groove,
fusion rhythms
"Human Nature"

i could swear
better Miles per gallon
than sitting on the couch

In A Silent [Zen] Way
Miles said he knew
which notes not to play

a lesson in mind manners
what thoughts not to engage,
what words not to say
before
you open your mouth

let the unessentials float by
like Buddhist meditation clouds,
calmly focus heart and spirit wind
with Kind of Blue sky

and even if it rains
the wipers keeping time
to Birth of the Cool jazz

Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) writes, publishes, gardens, travels a holistic mystic Kaballah-rooted pathway staying in touch with Turtle Island. To find out more about his writings, publishings, podcasts, presentations… Allbook Books