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"Thelonius"
from Volume 5: Wild Mercury
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by Aram Saroyan
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It’s hard to be a genius
in the middle of the
20th Century
in New York City
but really it’s easy
see
Because the notes you hear
on the street
in the West 60’s
or in the apartment
I share with Nellie
Thelonious, Jr and Barbara
were meant to be
The other way of looking at it
I don’t even know
Because you just do
what you do
and hope somebody can hear it
and they do
hear it
So listen to what I’m
saying and it’ll
be okay
in the middle
of New York City
with too many cops
pickin on people—
Just play—
see?
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