“AN UNVARNISHED VINGNETTE”
(FOR DETROIT HORN PLAYERS)
by Faruq Z Bey
A CUTTING SESSION
ON A PLANETARY SCALE
@ THESE ARBITERS WHOSE ASSERTION. IS
A CLEANLY STYLED INFINITE RUN ON
A TERM THAT AVOIDS SYLLOGISM
OR CONCLUSION
II
DOMAINS, HABITS
CAUGHT…
IN MID STRIDE THAT
TALLISH TENOR SAXOPHONE STRUT
THAT ACEY DUECY FOOT COCKED
AT AN UNSEEMLY ANGLE
THAT GLANCED, NUANCED
GHETTO FACED CAUGHT…
BETWEEN A SMILE AND A SNARL
AS HE DRIFTED WITHOUT WILL
ALONG LINES OF CONVECTION CURRENTS
INTO THE ECHO LADEN CHANNELS
OF CONCRETE CANYONS TO CONFRONT
THAT DJINN IST GLIMPSED
IN “CRUPT COMIC”
