Hard love baby, it's hard love

--A mojo for Yusef

John Chavez

Rub those honeycomb hands down

the nape of that stand-up bass,

Black to Blue   -   Pull Smack

those strings

with that New Orleans moan
from first to seventh fret, while you

Push that jive,

Grove Mahogany's Vibe,

just don't let go yet.

Feel that southern alto of

Do     Dap      Deboo

Do     Dap      Dooo

As you Push that brass,

Skat that ass

the way you know how

Let it drip like Columbian Coffee

from that bent metal bell,

pull the note

till it reaches an orgasmic swell.

Make my palms sweat with that

ride cymbals voice, so's my feet

shuffle, till my skin gets moist

with that

Tap,

Tap

Scratch tap

snap.

Make love to

that stone saxophone

in azul y verde tone,

bang those ivory notes out

like Sharp Black to double Flat Blue

Pentatonic to Harmonic minor,

till I can

feel it inside you.

Because it's

Hard love baby, it's Hard love.

©Copyright John Chavez