another parker

what if there were

another parker

called shirley or joe

who also traced

harmonic scaffoldings

on top of show tunes

at terrifying velocity

only s/he was

even more reticent

couldn’t play outside

his/her rented room

attended five spot gigs

by dizzy and kenny clarke

clocked their sonic soaring

in her/his mind files

elaborated on these

in the rented room

or off the stern

of the staten island ferry

notes issued

at the speed

of racing
high birds

who heard him or her

below

another sister/brother

of them

for Ricardo Aleixo