Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Vaudeville Suite Continued: One for Dorothy Dandridge


Her careful panic annexed to the giggles between notes, I can

I can go to the soloist and get lost, talked out of myself

There's a hanging/glamour in the work, self-preservation, first law of nature, spin me around again, I won't get dizzy, I want-get to see, how do you play wheel when you're furious, just turning,

Early in the freedom I found my crow, my crown, my why-come