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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Syncopation by Francine Sta. Ana


I want to
                    speak

about jazz, about
                  the music of the soul,

about the way beats
                  go

                                        p
                                    u

                  and

                                    d
                                        o
                                            w
                                                      n

and wherever
they                                           
                                                                        please

   and about
                  how life,
                                    the eternal circus show,

employs a jazz band
to go
     along with its acts.
                                    Because

life is
                    beat
                                    rhythm
                                                      song
                                                                        trip-up
                                                                                            clown act

and no understands it better
than them cats at the bandstand,
them tamers,
                  masters
                                    of irregularity


because
                    clown act
                                    trip-up
                                                      song
                                                                        rhythm
                                                                                            beat
                                                                                                            is life

and that's how it goes.








I don't want to speak
about jazz.



I
want
                  to sing.

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