Basic Basie
by Kamau Brathwaite
Hunched, humped backed, gigantic
the pianist presides above the
rumpus, his fingers clutch the chords,
dissonance and discord vie
and vamp across the key
board
his big feet beat the beat until the whole joint
rocks, it is not romantic
but a subtle fingering exudes a sweet exotic
fragrance now and then, you'll
recognize the fragrance if you listen
well, this flower blooms and blossoms,
till brash boogie woogie hordes come burgeoning up from hell
blind
and gigantic
Then we listened to a song by Basie, you can listen to it here. Then we read an example of a Multi-Genre paper that dealt with parental relationships, religion, and an eating disorder. The author used short pieces of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, et cetera to build a "mood" that described her feelings about her topic. Finally, we went over our schedules for next year.
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