Drums
That drum is Haitian
of African descent,
comes from Danhomey
and Native American
is this drum here
between my legs I play.
It is three days since
I have tasted music;
it is three days gone
I have drunk water,
and I am drawn taut,
like this tight drum skin!
I see fireflies
under your hair
and your teeth as white
as freshly bit apples:
it's for you, it's for you
I play this here drum.
I sleep with you,
the evening star;
I wake with you,
the morning star:
in an old house
down by Wayne State U.
we were billboards,
wearing shades,
selling rum and smokes:
rather drive a rag top
and stand up and dance -
East Grand and Jefferson!
Belle Isle summer days
of war-like birds!
and island summer nights
of preening, dancing
and display... drumming
mischiefs in our dreams!
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notes
Danhomey - a variant of Dahomey
rag top - convertible
East Grand and Jefferson - the entrance to the Belle Isle Bridge is there.
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