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The Flatted Fifth
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Flatted Fifths
by Langston
Hughes
Little cullud boys with beards
re-bop be-bop mop and stop.
Little cullud boys with fears,
frantic, kick their draftee years
into flatted fifths and flatter beers
that at a sudden change become
sparkling Oriental wines
rich and strange
silken bathrobes with gold twines
and Heilbroner, Crawford,
Nat-undreamed-of Lewis combines
in silver thread and diamond notes
on trade-marks inside
Howard coats.
Little cullued boys in berets
oop pop-a-da
horse a fantasy of days
ool ya koo
and dig all plays.
re-bop be-bop mop and stop.
Little cullud boys with fears,
frantic, kick their draftee years
into flatted fifths and flatter beers
that at a sudden change become
sparkling Oriental wines
rich and strange
silken bathrobes with gold twines
and Heilbroner, Crawford,
Nat-undreamed-of Lewis combines
in silver thread and diamond notes
on trade-marks inside
Howard coats.
Little cullued boys in berets
oop pop-a-da
horse a fantasy of days
ool ya koo
and dig all plays.
Credits
1 Comments:
Wow, and I thought chasing a tennis ball was too much exercise. Kinda takes it to a whole new height, no pun intended.
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