lirik lagu jasmine – yusef komunyakaa
i sit beside two women, kitty-corner
to the stage, as elvin’s sticks blur
the club into a blue fantasia
i thought my body had forgotten the deep
south, how i’d cross the street
if a woman like these two walked
towards me, as if a cat traversed
my path beneath the evening star
which one is wearing jasmine?
if my grandmothers saw me now
they’d say, boy, the devil never sleeps
my mind is lost among november
cotton flowers, a soft rain on my face
as richard davis plucks the fat notes
of chance on his upright
leaning into the future
the blonde, the brunette—
which one is scented with jasmine?
i can hear duke in the right hand
& basie in the left
as the young piano player
nudges us into the past
the trumpet’s almost kissed
by enough pain. give him a few more years
a few more ghosts to embrace—clifford’s
shadow on the edge of the stage
the sign says, no talking
elvin’s guardian angel lingers
at the top of the stairs
counting each drop of sweat
paid in tribute. the blonde
has her eyes closed, & the brunette
is looking at me. our bodies
sway to each riff, the jasmine
rising from a valley somewhere
in egypt, a white moon
opening countless false mouths
of laughter. the midnight
gatherers are boys & girls
with the headlights of trucks
aimed at their backs, because
their small hands refuse to wound
the knowing scent hidden in each bloom
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