WHITES ONLY
The pool sign said I must go to
Another pool for non-whites to teach
                                others and me but
mostly you
numbers by race
            face it
			cricket
			rugby
			polo
Polo Tavern
on
Polo Avenue
Stell the boss
liked tea
liked me and you
a beer (12oz) is a rand
tea is brought each other day
fresh
to the door
that's 2 rand
the house work and all the washing you
can find
that's 3 rand
Linda with long legs
will sit in a chair
that's 4 rand
&
The wild coast what a trip, Transki, like Dallas
has a law with guns. We three Rodger
                              Linda
							  And me, just swam
in the sea and talked to the farmers No.1
Rodger is given the name 'Exhaust' cause
nobody has ever seen a joker breath that much
smoke out his nose

Again time changes from where the black man is
dog low to tower city where a black man is
hound high in 14 hours,
taken on the long flight out
for a sight of the Queen
knocked on her door
sure she heard us but
no one came out and the door stayed
shut
luck

The pubs here are out on the street
                             neat
							 the pools are all inside
							 no light
	  the underground or taxis will
	  take
	  and
	  bring
	  us to where next we are going
Charlie "Bird" Parker this time caught him live in
Black and white sunglass
                 tie
				 top bop
how does it fit like before
fuck knows-maybe God
WHO
           maybe Freddie knows and they is both
		   Dead
		   Maybe
the Bird
the Beat room
note after note
from his
       horn
passed onto the story
through dreams
next in line after him

keep running out of writing paper, getting
twenty good woords per A4 and have started to write
on both sides of the page

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