1. root:    funky electric
 at the margin

jazz is math

math is god

my daddy used to say

pulse

drum

bass thrummed like a ball against the wall

guitar in drag, soprano moan

howl through an upturned whine

juju beat (heal me)

inspired, necks rock steady to air

rock jazz blues & gospel

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sonic miscegenation

Lift every voice & ____
pluck the revolution

2.

unrecognizable odor or attitude, primarily unfavourable (funky) as in:

fragile like my daddy & his feet
diabetic sores reappear under gauze
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
holograms mark
another phase,
denial like kaleidoscope glass
elegant pin-pricks really, simple little hang
king-sized toe nail turned into pillow
for a blow fly egg-nest, funky

mess

It's his blood pressure, that's the problem he says,
not the gin & juice
kidney dialysis tightening
over & under like a ring, a cock ring.

3.

Art at the source: funky fresh

cochlea does its work
deciphering as only bones do

Basquiat/Warhol/
Madonna/Sandra Bernhardt

distant
the beautiful people can always hear the truth