142: “Summertime” by Gene Harris
January 11, 2011 Leave a comment
Gene Harris plays a memorable version of Gershwin’s “Summertime” here.
And a poem…
“The Goose” by Muriel Spark, from All the Poems of Muriel Spark. © New Directions. Reprinted without permission, but with a wry smile?
The Goose
Do you want to know why I am alive today?
I will tell you.
Early on, during the food-shortage,
Some of us were miraculously presented
Each with a goose that laid a golden egg.
Myself, I killed the cackling thing and I ate it.
Alas, many and many of the other recipients
Died of gold-dust poisoning.
The best things in life aren’t things! Enjoy.
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