sun ra’s sunglasses
A poem in honor of Herman Blount aka Le Sony'r Ra, of Birmingham. Alabama USA/Saturn
somewhere on route
from egypt to jupiter
(or was it saturn to japan?)
sun ra lost his sunglasses
they were in his ruby
encrusted rucksack
with his toothbrush
interplanetary passport
and baby grand piano
if you find them
don’t look through them
whatever you do!
you might be blinded
by enlightenment
dumbfounded by designs
of time and space
and hallucinate heavenly
harmonies of the omniverse
(Drawing by the fabulous Joe Ciardiello from our book Like Jazz)
Remember "Sun Ra: Do The Impossible" premieres Tonight - Feb 20 at 9/8c on PBS.



As always, spot on dear John!
"hallucinate heavenly
harmonies of the omniverse"
we should all be so blind/ lucky....