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James A. Emanuel

Y a du jazz PARTOUT :
chez veau, vache, cochon, couvée,
blanche-neige et coton.

Genou, cuisse et hanche.
Le jazz te secoue, te branche.
Mais, dis, ça vient d’où ?

Peinard, lézard, cool,
dans la fumée des cigares ;
gin dans la lune saoule.

Rythmes qu’on rattrape,
riffs à bout de souffle : le jazz
PLANE quand ça dérape.

Translated by Jean Migrenne

© 1991 James A. Emanuel. All rights reserved.
From Jazz From the Haiku King | Broadside Press, 1999
Reprinted by permission of the author.

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