IN BUDAPEST

On an avenue
in the heart of Budapest
at an intersection
hearing a city band
a motorcyclist
and cellist
with a bare chest
asks me (of all people)
for directions
to the local church steeple
of Mathias
where he will play Kodaly
and a piece by Massenet
based on the story of Thais
but as we get there
he tells me from his cell
his piano accompanist
cannot make it
and I offer to play
the parts
and Bel knows jazz as well
and gets me a sax gig
near the grand hotel.