JACK/ADELLE
WAITING FOR US,
WAITING OUTSIDE
OF HIDDEN MAGICAL KINGDOMS
OF, HUMAN WARM IMAGINATION,
HOT PASSIONS,
POETIC OCCULT KINGDOMS RULED
BY MASTER JAMES.
WAITING FOR US,
SITTING OUTSIDE THE GATES OF
JAZZ,
SITTING ON
THE TRAVELING FEEL‑GOOD SHOW,
TAPPING
A TIPTOE
SOFTSHOE PAW
ON THE SAWDUST BOARDSTAGE,
WAITING FOR THE STRIPPERS AND TOP BANANAS.
WAITING IS THE OZ LION,
THE AWE LION,
THE LION OF TWO BODIES,
TWO FACES,
TWO VOICES SINGING TOGETHER
IN RAW BEAUTIFUL FUNNY CHAOS.
ALWAYS WAITING TO SING FROM THE
CAVEFIRES
TO ROAMING AROUND MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPES
TO THE AMERICAN
BADLANDS
TO SPEAKEASIES
TO RADIOWAVES.
WAITING TO DANCE AND SING
WITH ITS YINYANG BODY AND VOICE,
TAPPING CHAOS,
SINGING RAW HUMAN
PASSION AND HUMOR.
RELEASING DEPTHS,
RELEASING OTHER VOICES,
ALL POET VOICES,
NOT JUST ITS OWN TWO.
THE LION GRAVELING ROARING
PASSION VOICE
AND THE WOMAN WARM DEADPAN VOICE
DANCE TAPPING,
DANCING ON AND IN EACH OTHER,
DANCING A MAGICAL RITUAL,
CARRYING
US INTO A GIGGLING TRANCE,
A FEELING GIGGLING DANCE TRANCE.
WE ARE DANCING WITH
TWO‑VOICED TWO‑BODIED LION OF OZ,
OF AWE,
OF JUST LOVE.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE
A DANCER TO DANCE,
A SINGER TO
SING,
A POET TO FEEL.
JUST DANCE WITH
THIS BAGGYPANTS LION, DANCE
INTO THE DEEP HUMAN PASSION,
DEEP HUMAN HUMOR.
© 1990 Frank Moore
Frank was so good at these deep loving tributes! "Frankly Speaking," he was one of the best.