Yonder far o’er vale and glen
whereto grooms return
and bread is leaven.
This is another country.

Today, outside, is a new room
in which five builders,
tiered upon scaffolding,
cannot hear All Blues.

This is no time 
for saxophone wails.
Stand at the window
and look out

on the fresh planks.
The backdrop:
bared trees and
blue-skied bright.

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“All Blues” is a track from the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue (1959).
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Emily’s Poems for Modern Boys 
Shining in Brightness

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