Eleanor,
ignore
where these other folks are clapping
and tapping
the floor,
and listen to the drummer.
hear them cymbals roar.
one TWO
three FOUR
listen to how he rolls the snare
outta nowhere
back into those beats
one TWO
three FOUR
we may be
the only TWO
(no, that nice older Black man makes)
three
clapping on FOUR
but we're the only ones
playing with the band.
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ah, northerners... they always want to clap on the downbeat...
ReplyDeleteGeneral Anna, do you really think of that as a north/south thing? Do white people in the south and in texas clap on 2/4?
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