Ocean Park Jam Session

The sun weathered trio

plays an impromptu gig

strumming beat-up guitars

and breathing harmonicas

into the salty wind

singing with the abandon

only history together can breed

Old timers in flip flops

with shaggy hair and ripped jeans

today they are twenty two

croaking out some Dylan

'cause chicks dig musicians

especially ones that are freewheelin'

breaking hearts just to mend them

They don't seem to notice

that their audience is a bunch

of pigeons on park benches

and restless toddlers

trying hard to escape

the prison of their prams

and exasperated nannies

It's all about the music

for these dudes

and you can tell by the way

they nod and sway

as they slap their thighs to the beat

that the applause of the palms

is all they need