have you ever been

and then blow your mind
wide open.
Like a sonic Van Gogh:
sounds so heavy, livid, ripe:

after all this time to touch
a canvas is to pull back
wet fingers: as song eyes
follow you in the room.

Dreams and Visions tripping
over themselves, fiercely eager
for the outlet of those hands;
drawing other hands that

took. dispensed. applauded;
and couldn't hold onto him.
All of his heroes and victims
spinning through the weave

incandescent in imagination,
decanted to the ear as
whispers, prayers; jewels:
dropping into golden folds.

and he could "just" play.
without a doubt or safety net,
while Mitch and Noel
equally "just" kept time;

despite the noise of
jaws hitting the floor.
Jimi's talents? Boundless;
and like a universal solvent

dissolved the container:
too potent. and solid. and --
"Have you ever been..?"
was his favorite question.