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SONNYMOON FOR US ALL
SONNYMOON FOR US ALL

SONNYMOON FOR US ALL

Date1981
MediumLetterpress on paper
DimensionsPaper Size: 11 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Object numberUAC7447.02
DescriptionLetterpress printed poem by Koi Natambu, titled "SONNYMOON FOR US ALL"

SONNYMOON FOR US ALL
(For the Greatest Saxophonist in the World SONNY ROLLINS)

WHEN SONNY STANDS IN
FOR THE MOON
WE HEAR SUCH A GLORIOUS TUNE
IT'S ALWAYS A BIT OF A SWOON
WHEN SONNY STANDS IN
FOR THE MOON
THE SONG COULD BE AUGUST OR JUNE
A HELL OF A BURST OR A BOON
WAILING AT MIDNIGHT OR NOON
WHEN SONNY STANDS IN
FOR THE MOON
TRANSVERSING HARMONIC LAGOONS
HE PLAYS THRU OUR FEARS AND OUR WOUNDS
HIS HORN IS A RHYTHMIC PLATOON
WHEN SONNY STANDS IN
FOR THE MOO
I THINK I WILL SOON BE A LOON
OR AT LEAST A RAVING BABOON
IF I DON'T GET TO HEAR SOME MORE TUNES
FROM THAT SOARING MELODIC BALLOON

OH ROLLINS BLOWS HEAT CAN BE FIERCE OR SO SWEET
YEAH SONNY SWINGS FULL LIKE THE MOON
YEAH SONNY SWINGS FULL LIKE THE MOON
YEAH SONNY SWINGS FULL LIKE THE MOON
YEAH SONNY SWINGS FULL LIKE THE MOON...

Published by The Alternative Press, Issue Number 10
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