The sound of a cash register
The shuffle of bills
The clanging of coins
A bell rings
And the next transaction begins
A momentary exchange
A fiduciary indiscretion
Black American Steel Jazz
at the Black Cat
“Reclaiming jazz as a Black American,
And you can quote me on that”
Y’all I need a jet to pick me up
It’s Google”
“All seven of them”
The crowd laughs
A trumpet rings clear and sonorous
The drums and bass and piano keep playing
Following the queue