when I grow up I want to be a jazz musician,<\/p>\n
play the piano fast, infuse my tunes<\/p>\n
with Afro Cuba and relate stories of<\/p>\n
my days on the road and in old Havana when<\/p>\n
gangsters, writers and gigolos all<\/p>\n
wore mustaches and you couldn\u2019t<\/p>\n
tell the farmers from the intellectuals but<\/p>\n
they all loved Jazz Americano and I would<\/p>\n
sit on my bench and drawl my faux<\/p>\n
southern accent into the mic, smile and tell<\/p>\n
the woman how much I liked her<\/p>\n
frivolous little hat with\u00a0yellow bird attached<\/p>\n
or lots of veiling that was too warm to wear in<\/p>\n
this tropical island club but it would catch my eye<\/p>\n
red haired\u00a0woman trying to look blas\u00e9, drinking<\/p>\n
something sweet filled with fruit, skirt tight<\/p>\n
displaying lots of leg, mucho promise of<\/p>\n
later tonight with the artist, me the piano player<\/p>\n
hiding himself away in Havana until Castro and the Fidelistos<\/p>\n
took over one American dream dried up and<\/p>\n
where can I go with this angle all worked out<\/p>\n
my\u00a0accent perfected and my repertoire complete<\/p>\n
from the American \u201cHit Parade\u201d and a Cuban<\/p>\n
tune to show my attempt at authenticity<\/p>\n
designed like the creative guy I was to sway the women<\/p>\n
and tell the men I, too was macho, not an untalented<\/p>\n
swindler afraid to go back home and start again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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