Sharon Lask Munson
Cool as a Tenor Sax
I slipped inside the back door
of Baker’s Keyboard Lounge
listened, as John Coltrane
played a smooth saxophone.
The rich, pure mellow sound
made me float
between tears and laughter.
I sipped my whisky sour
watched water droplets
trickle down the glass into a puddle
inhaled a lipstick coated Lucky Strike
blew rings around my head into the dim.