in the jazz of loose
change, front to back
pocket.
tone deaf improv
of streets.
recounting
the same unbearably
new story.
that sells itself.
though for,
cooked too fast for bread.
Xs and Ys in the pudding
of minds, too late--
too great--
to take off
their shades.
hometown curriculum vitae--
jawing gumption,
like no matter, no matter what.
dibs on what falls flat, or
flies...a beat snaps to keep.