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confronther own anger over injustice.The spiritsof Billie Holiday,Art Pepper,Chet Baker,Charlie “Bird”Parker,the crowd at thefamed Minton's jazz club,ghosts fromCongo Square—even a blue monk andseveral archangels—wander in and outof the narrative,offering advice and com-menting on the action.  \nAt each and every turn,the Angel has notgiven up these souls of “the imperfectnow.The Angel tells them:\"Soon it willbe enough/under this blue note of stillsky/to open,slowly,both eyes and//say it,singit,playit.//blind.”  \n# High Notes\n\n# Other books by Lois Roma-DeeleyRules of HungernorthSight\n\n# HighNotes\n\npoems by LOIS ROMA-DEELEY  \nCopyright ◎2010 by Lois Roma-Deeley  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including printing,photocopying,recording,or by any information storage or retrieval system,withoutpermission in writing from the publisher.  \nThis book of poetry presents a narrative based on some 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