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. . . he smoothed his thinning blond hair with
the rough working man's hand Jackie had
noted earlier at the bar. The room went dark.
When the spotlight found him, the trumpet
man leaned back, way back, until the glow
warmed his uplifted face. Unabashed he stood
naked before strangers, raised his horn, and
shamelessly bared his soul. Going deep and
dirty, wailing, insinuating untellable tales;
tales of seamy lives, tales of sorrows and
disappointments, tawdry nights between
discreet if not pristine sheets, making a parody
of love--or worse--wretching with guilt-ridden
betrayal when love had existed in some . . .
irretrievable long lost state of innocence.

1 Newborn, not fully cooked
1 Deadbeat father
1 Full measure talent and intellect
6 Deadbeat wives
1/2 C. @ kindness, gentleness, and truth
1 Full measue anger, bitterness, and sadness