MODERNITY

With smooth jazz
my teacher and mentor
Jack played at my gig
reminding me
of D.H.Lawrence's
hard body
my girlfriend said
tasting woodsy
and natural
(she must have gone down
to meet him)
with great human
passion yet
working class
and Welsh
at student studios
he was always late
drawing Blakean images
in my music notebook
until he left us
for New York City.