Jungle Music By Ron Porter

cymbals hiss like giant snakes the bass line prowls like a panther piano keys,? ?like monkeys in trees chitter and chatter with mirth the trumpeting of the horns of brass call like elephants in distant tall grass the rhythm of the jungle,? ?green the wide savannah's symphony delivered by swaying cool cats arrayed in garments multi-hued? as flowers in rain forests afar plucking strings,? ?beating skins, tapping ivory and ebony keys the improvised voice of Mother Africa calling to her lost children as they with eyes closed?; ?sweat and sway in stonewall gathering huts on a North Side Saturday night