The rain slammed hard as bars

It caught me--by surprise

Mutts of the planet

And shook me down for alibis

I'm waiting

For the keeper to release me

Debating this sentence

Biding my time

In memories

Of old friends of mine

My piano teacher introduced me to Joni Mitchell, with the album "Mingus." The album was a collaboration with the Charles Mingus, and includes the closing track "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," an incredible and famous jazz piece written in memory of Lester Young, by Charles Mingus, which Joni Mitchell covered to include lyrics. Simple bliss, and predictably mind-boggling instrumentation and composition by Mingus behind Joni's voice.