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“Man with Grey Hat” by James Brewer
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Last Chance
a thin man
speaking the talk
with low eyes
snake hands
soft pale skin
empty pockets
at a table
in the back
next to a red wall
where odd dressed
chameleons gather
nightly
in low light
with desperate unity
speaking of jazz
as the last
chance expression
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Dr. Roger Singer was in private practice for 38 years in upstate New York. He has four children, Abigail, Caleb, Andrew and Philip and seven grandchildren. Dr. Singer has served on multiple committees for the American Chiropractic Association, lecturing at colleges in the United States, Canada and Australia, and has authored over fifty articles for his profession and served as a medical technician during the Vietnam era. Dr. Singer is the Poet Laureate of Old Lyme, Connecticut. He has had over 1,070 poems published on the Internet, magazines and in books and is a 2017 Pushcart Prize Award Nominee. He is also the President of the Shoreline Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society.
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The artist James Brewer works in oils on both canvas and paper, and employs abstract as well as representational approaches. Influences include the art of Willem deKooning and Henri Matisse. He lives in Nelson County, Virginia.
To view more of his art, visit his website by clicking here
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Listen to the 1958 recording of Lester Young playing “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone,” with Harry “Sweets” Edison (trumpet); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Herb Ellis (guitar); Hank Jones (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Mickey Sheen (drums) [Universal Records]
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