from the beginnings
of all life
water
and the spirit of fire

to the dust
and the ashes'
glow
and consummation by fire

masters of elements
music and life
water and fire

fifty-six

mingus, whose ashes
in the ganges'
life-flow
from fifty-six years

leviathan, sperms
lie beached
in tribute
from fifty-six hearts

© Chris Frazer, 1979

"Charles Mingus, a musical mystic, died in Mexico, January 5, 1979,
at the age of fifty-six. He was cremated the next day. The same day
fifty-six sperm whales beached themselves on the Mexican coastline
and were removed by fire.

- Joni Mitchell, from the liner notes to her album Mingus -

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