Ella Fitzgerald: Berlin 1960—“How High the Moon”

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Aaron Fischer

Ella Fitzgerald: Berlin 1960—“How High the Moon”

 

      The tour’s last gig. The band so tight you couldn’t
      pull a needle from its ass with a tractor.
      She’s still laughing over the giddy acrobatics
      that upended “Mack the Knife” on the second

      chorus when she forgot the . . .
      . . . . . . .
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Able Muse Write Prize for Poetry, 2022 ▪ Finalist