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.