Makeshift Escape Hatch

Makeshift Escape Hatch

It could be Keith Jarrett’s Köln Part 1, or

Pat Metheney’s San Lorenzo, or,

Joni Mitchell’s Cotton Avenue, or

Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes-- 

Their Sibylline songs,

My own Montpellier Codex,

Shed me of all preoccupation,

Shattering the “shoulds,” and

Take me where clay grows to sculpture and

Flowers paint themselves on

Vermillion canvases;

Where coffee-flavored kisses from

Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter

Remind me that solstices still

Divide the seasons and

Rain, yes, rain, thank God, still extinguishes

Fire.
I'm reminded of Jarabe de Palo:
"En la vida conocí mujer
Igual a la flaca
Coral negro de la habana 
Tremendísima mulata."