Review: Pussy & Jazz

How ironic. I am trying to write this review for Pussy and Jazz, and my pussy Jazz is sitting on my desk purring, shedding and blocking the monitor. He also stepped on the keyboard. He decided to title this blog 4444444444444444444444. Don't worry , I changed it.
Anyway, In the poem titled Jazz I laughed at the line,"standing in line counting white people." Did you need one hand or two? I am intrigued by"it" in the 5th line, more so by the 6th line and the image that follows,"it comes through the the crowd like summer love" I'm thinking soft and sweet, hot and sweaty.
"eyes stitched up," "stomping the green from the grass" are really great visuals. I'm tapping my foot. Nice climax,"yes yes yes! oh please don't stop! Hell, you don't even need the exclamation piont. Then back to reality, "...jazz won't feed his family."And the cigarette after.
I like the use of music as the thread that unifies the poem. William Congreve wrote:'Music hath charm to soothe the savage breast,to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak,I have read that things inanimate moved,And as with living souls have been informed,By magic numbers and persuasive sound.' I like the message in the last lines," it would be so simple if we could close our eyes and listen" What meaning would color have if we were blind to it? References to color are found consistantly throughout this poem, but I stopped hearing the music after line 22,"...make my way to the elephant tent." The theme picks up again in the last few lines. Perhaps adding a few more notes or changing the title to Color would help.
Pussy. Great title. It is clever, witty and funny.Initially, I expected to read a feminist diatribe and maybe beneath the humor there is a bit of that too. The repetition of the line, "the sexiest woman in the room at all times" adds emphasis and focuses the reader, the lines following offer alot of concrete information. I like the reference to T.S. Eliot. Another clue that foreshadows the ending as does the the use of the words catcalls and purrfect. The line,"she has Buddah in her eyes conga in her step and cushion to her curves" kicks ass. All these clever clues lead the reader to the conclusion, but i think the use of the term "woman" is misleading(an adult female human being) and could be changed to "female"in the lines " the sexiest woman in the room at all times."
PS. My other pussy, Lolita, eats mice and licks her butt. My husband, affectionately known as Humbert Humbert, says this is not sexy.