make minimal jazz

dreary photos want jazz
quietly before dark,
before fiery fingers float 
above warrior pyre,

along the edge of
pharoah's grave.
walk desperately,
dare reptiles

to hinder flight, 
to shroud sleep with stormy waves,
​with ice cakes and ice floes crammed together 
in mud and grass.

out the window
you emerge from
jeweled nutrients, 
finally tango aloft.