I am
transported
beyond aerosphere
to starbursts
of promised land
I step into
a celestial vault
explode into
a million moonbeams
no, sunbeams
no, nimbi
where am I
with Pi in the sky
no, some other cosmic abode
with diamonds
no, cherries
no, bijous
in the fat palms of deities
while the band surrender
to the sorcery
of euphonious
third eye plane
ever-seeing
my inner domain
now the trumpet speaks
a conversation
with the brass section
breaks it down
right down
and the brass goes yeah
I feel you
while the piano butts in
but can only agree
as all are one
in the family tree.
I’m in the indigo
underworld
swirling streams
thought bombs
beguile my dreams
while men float
in ether soup
telepath me
in puzzling tongues
the cobra
knows not the answer
yet trusts implicitly
where to go
while the auricle
hears whole
and separate
all at once.
My African dream
spins in the cosmic
orbs of firmament
I’m a little bit
just a tiny bit
closer
to some kind
of seventh heaven
thank you
monkey man
you fathomed
the Sphinx’s riddle
sun god understands
and the divinities
of fluent geometry
sense you rumble
through Geb desert earth
course across
Nut starry sky.
© N Nazir 2022
*Originally written last year for napowrimo poetry prompt for April 1st: to write a response to the animated version of Seductive Fantasy by Sun Ra and his Arkestra. I thought I’d finally share it (unedited) and kill two birds with a Throwback Thursday.
*Shared for dVerse Open Link Night, hosted by Mish.
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