& it was spring
in New York city

as it was in Helsinki
& wasn’t in the Burdekin

even then

Coltrane is absent
but

Coltrane is present

if you listen
to the
lines

in this
last album
Miles did
for Blue Note

the Blue Note
rhythm section

Blakey/ Jones & Jones

the group
ostensibly led

by Julian Adderley

Cannonball or
Cannibal
to his friends &
playing partners

& it is spring
in the Burdekin

as it isn’t in Helsinki
or in New York city

even then

& the tune is
Autumn Leaves
& the words are
taken from a
poem by Prèvert
Les Feuilles mortes

but the words
are absent

but if you
listen to
the

lines…..

…

Mark Young’s most recent books are One Hundred Titles From Tom Beckett, with paintings by Thomas Fink, published by Otoliths in June, 2024; Alkaline Pageantry, published by Serious Publications in September, 2024; & The Magritte Poems which came out from Sandy Press in October.