SONG

ESOTERIC / out-chorus

(after Grachan Moncur III)

(                )           Es           o

(   so        )           ter          ic

(   how   )           bop        be

(   such  )          muse     ic

(   Some )          time’s   just

(  Thud. )          mu-        sick

(  It’s        )          es             o

(   so         )          ter            ic

(HEAR!)      wdn’t y’ know? Morning

                                                                                     glories:

A Very young esoteric kind of laughter, here

(    there are SO many stories:

Bebop?     (?)

Bop can even take you far

                                                              in

IF you really mean

                m ean it till yr real

                               r eally where you feel/—

(  It’s        )           es              o

(   so          )          ter             ic

(   how     )          be              bop’s

(   one       )          mus         ic

(  But.       )          E                ven

WORDS               wont        go

(  til            )          you’ve    gone

Out                        be               yond

BOP

 

RESISTANCE

Anybody’s hip

Pocket is a trap

reach in sly &

Whap

you got somebody’s split

cowhide & personal

papers lunching on yr

Real hand.

 

THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT

Aye,

             him

of the gory greaves

& the roaring trunk / of the

Glory Leaves

(The glory

                  leaves

                                   only

                  the glory

                         (the junk

            leaves, &

            the story leaves

            the glory leaves

into

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