IN THE GYM

In the gym with Jim
putting on his Greek cap
returning from Athens
acting in my one act play
of a narrative modernity
based on Auden's early life
on off off Broadway
then we met up one day
to jam in my basement
he playing clarinet
and strings in a swirl
of arpeggios
with Allegra on drums
or piano
and we were a trio
as I sway
in my own tenor sax
from a back door corridor
in the grey December dawn
with a Christmas reunion.