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Forgotten Post #14: Drew

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It was the tap, tap, tap twisting words into a message that belted out the sound tap, tap, tap I first heard it when I was young it was a scratch then, a thump against a cage made of bone and wisdom. Sing for me, they said as I stood trembling before them. Instead I … Continue reading Forgotten Post #14: Drew

Beatings of the Def Poet Who Forgot the Beat

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I get so caught up in the def poet beat that I become deaf to what my words are supposed to mean. I ask you to listen to these rhymes in hope of times that they are worth something, anything, worth more than the penny it cost to print them, more than the soul it … Continue reading Beatings of the Def Poet Who Forgot the Beat