IMPROVISATION#234
NIGHT MUSIC 1958

Violins play,
tubas and French horn
with Cuban jazz
the next step away
in rhythmic drums
of Havana
by the well dressed
in kitty corners
the best dancers sway
into the beat
on Miami Beach
within reach
of all ambassadors
a man in a torreador
for Carnival
along the sandy corridors
of the Island,
now musicians
are curled up
at the conductor's feet
to play
Bizet's "The Pearl Fishes."