Poem: John Coltrane Is Dead And I Am Alive And What – If Anything – Am I Doing About THAT?!

John Coltrane’s been

dead for 50 years. A Love

Supreme still means more

to me, most times I play it, than any

other record.

John Coltrane was 40. And then

dead. I’m older than him now. I’ve beaten him. On

one level – and that feels weird. Should it feel

weird? Does it seem weird to anyone else? Some of

you reading this are (far) older than me – most of

the rest o…