You, Me and Nina Simone

when Nina Simone climbed in the window
you said it was a simple present though
we both knew you'd gone to great lengths to get
us a visit from this star, better yet:
one now immortalised as a robot
more, considering the talent she's got
and the fact that she is living tissue
over a metal endoskeleton
sent back from the future to entertain
somehow though it seems a tad inhumane,
android or not, for this living legend
to be forever, throughout time, destined
to provide this sing-a-gram service
besides, meeting idols makes you nervous
so the three of us sat down together
chatted about this and that: the weather,
relaxing with the high priestess of soul
since it was mild later we all took a stroll
and sang together too: I have to say
there could be no better Valentine's Day

99 - When I Think I'm So Cool Listening to Jazz

i could float away
give me no drugs
don't need the interruption
these keys have carried me up
these notes have let me not down
i could float away if only you
would not press stop ever
on the playing of
this playing of
John Coltrane
who happens
just now
to break in
haphazardly
in absolute
control
taking
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