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    Jazz Nebraska

  Moment of Uncertain Clarity 


As soon as the idea of the deluge subsided:   a man
waiting in a parked car gazed at a cell phone.  We were
in San Francisco (and you were bald) as we sat
in a Japanese restaurant.  You wore a wig I loved

and you looked quite beautiful surrounded by people
speaking Japanese and eating noodles.  What a delight
it was in the midst of misery and uncertainty.  A man
waiting in a parked car left his car which I happened

to notice when the rain ceased and who knew what
his purpose was or why—but you looked so much
at ease in your new wig sitting in this restaurant
in San Francisco eating noodles and sharing sashimi

and not knowing what might happen, what could
happen, what will happen, or anything beyond that.



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