Miles From India

My Mind Played Jazz With My Thoughts


Ron Carter touched his bass like it was a woman
This was peace...healing sounds, delivered.
Tablas and three drum sets penetrate like shots
my mind played Jazz with my thoughts.

Musicians in downtown Los Angeles.
A world class concert. Destined for Youtube in 2030.
Where were you when Carter's Bass burned hot?
my mind played Jazz with my thoughts.

Amazing...alcohol allowed...as if we were adults,
and in California, a California from 1966.
So beers I drank and medicinal brownies (enhanced with pot)
my mind played Jazz with my thoughts.

Kids played in the pool, couples danced
notes sung through miles of mist
no arrests were made, not by the cops
my mind played Jazz with my thoughts.

The artists will inherit the earth
so let's stake our claim now
Jazz is a language of mystic minds
my mind played Jazz with my thoughts.