Trombone

Slip and slide, that's how he plays it;

wrist and ride, he really slays it.

Ride and guide that shiny brass trombone.

Lazy notes, like sunset clouds 

drifting high above the crowd, 

a shroud of blues

fills the room 

with sweet sadness,

and they like it that way. 

Play on, shiny brass trombone.

© George Phillips, 2018

Sonny Rollins at the Stockholm Jazz Fest
Photo by Bent Nyman
from Wikimedia Commons