John Sinclair

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for wallace lester


late one night
in the early '60s
between sets
at the village vanguard

charles mingus
was holding forth
on the current struggle for black liberation
& making a lot of noise

when monk walked up,
stood there & listened,
then shook his head
& said to charlie,

"goddamn,
mingus,
i never knew
you was black!"



amsterdam
january 7, 2004/
december 28, 2004