Here's That Rainy Day

to the late great Freddie Hubbard

when I snuck backstage
to tell you how
much I love you
you gave me a 20 dollar
bill to go get a 12-pack
of Budweiser so we
could bullshit proper
"you gonna come
back ain't you?"
shit man that was funny
so was me asking how
that Ascension
session was and what
did Coltrane have in mind
and then all your guys
with those fine
Japanese bitches
saying yeah how was that
never thinking to ask
after playing with you
for so long damn
and when it was time
for the next set you just sat
the first tune out with me
talking there in the wings
finishing the beers listening
to that beautiful shit
coming out of your group
until you had to go back on
and you told me "stay cool"
as you picked up your
horn and walked out
bathed in all that light
poised to motherfucking blow