The Bebop of the Heartless

" The Bebop of the Heartless "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

The bebop
of the heartless
cushioned
by an incom-
mensurable
chorus
and backed up
by the gentle
touch
of a lover
then thinned out
by a thick growl
throughout
the hours
of a disparately
organic past...