To the Rhythm of Jazz

After a concert by the Count Basie Orchestra

Let’s unfold our arms to the sunlight
sighting the highest point
we may behold in the sky
calm smile and feet on the ground.

Let’s move on to the sensual disorder
to the musical flow
and syncopated dance
chasing cadences that unveil

in the night’s deep heaven

a survivors’ horizon
where the serpentine brass resounds.

Let’s skip the arranged date
in this Goyaesque chiaroscuro

wheat field of oscillating lights.

Let’s seek van Gogh’s pristine light
that will never fail to illuminate
our galactic universe.

Taken from Wake of Chance / Estela del azar (2021)