Jazz Alley

After drinks in the upstairs lounge
Toasts and a bummed cigarette
Tonight’s seedy faced tip scrounge
Has us stage side for the late set.
Eating up the hot blue spotlight
John Pizzarelli strokes each fan
And trio lips screw up tight
Zip-zapping out tunes for “Best Man”.
Zoo keeper-esq night club hostess
As we jazz rats applaud the act
Lifts away our cold dinner mess
Less candle-wicks burning intact.

Eye wonder at the difference
You see in live experience.