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The Agachiko band
Cambridge jazz at the Riverwalk Cafe
the flautist asked if I’m from here
Yes a couple of blocks away
he invited me to his Mardi Gras band next week
I said First Nights on the Common my daughter and I
enjoyed the warm brass notes of your Revolutionary Snake band
and speaking whatever else gets spoken while breaking sets
I introduced myself 
he laughs Me too
I joined You’re Ken Fields BBN, I worked there too.
At the tables 
older couples in natural fiber
younger sets of three and four 
fashion and adequate shoes
a waitress promising a young white bosom
a woman leaned-in comfortable on her man
she stood to say something nice to Gabrielle Agachiko
high cheekbones chocolate skin 
singer with the name of a band
and there is one couple less convivial
his old boots with wide painter-pants
her hair falling unwashed jacket too thin
they're eating a sandwich no pause at their table and
done without listening they go
when later I’m driving home 
she’s walking in the street alone
the sidewalk’s covered with snow.