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Hans Peter Schaefer, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Cecil Taylor, 2008
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Phasis
Day six
and the dissonance
of my pneumonia
has become as percussive
as Cecil Taylor’s piano.
I shuffle around,
snuffling, wheezing
and spewing . . .
Right around
my Adam’s Apple,
there’s a tickle
that triggers,
from deep inside
a cough that
brings with it
discordant sounds,
chords that clash
in disharmony,
filling my chest
with a torrent
of rumbling
and crashing
percussions.
I’m track two of “Phasis”.
“Azure” is in my cough,
as my whole self
sinks into “Trance”.
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Russell duPont is an artist and an author whose artwork is included in a number of public and private collections. He has published three novels, King & Train , Waiting for the Turk and Movin’ On, the sequel to King & Train; two books of poetry; and two non-fiction chapbooks. His essay, “The Corner,” is included in the anthology Streets of Echoes. His work has been published in various newspapers and literary magazines. He was the founder & publisher of the literary magazine, the albatross. His new book of short stories is titled Norman Mailer Walks Into a Bar
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Listen to the 1978 recording of Cecil Taylor performing Track Two of his composition “3 Phasis,” with Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone); Raphe Malik (trumpet); Ramsey Ameen (violin); Sirone (bass); and Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums). [The Orhcard]
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