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[aid] => mick
[title] => A Dance in the Hall of Marley and Macintosh
[time] => 2004-07-10 12:58:14
[hometext] => I love reggae, which birthed dancehall, and calypso, which birthed soca. These were I guess the words inspired by that music.
[bodytext] => The soul of calypso rests In maraca beads And aged speakers And rented beaches And plantain leaves Dancehall breathes Ganja breeze Indeterminable syllables Flaming for peace More fire Burns to ignite All the rhythm in the world Two turntables Maybe four Made before The dance floor Felt any hot blaze From swing days And flappers pale fringed wings And the bloom of a brown zoot suit Coattails riding the breeze Leasing the rhythm With just a little bit of sugar And the fervor of discord Bore the melody of anguish Triumph hidden in the beat The rhythm and the heat And lighters in the air A butterfly’s wine Drips sweeter than Tweeter Could never interpret Or understand Pon the river Jordan And leather sandals Trample upon defeat Fly to the sky Then Parachute Parachute Parachute Parachute Salute Selassie High stepping prophecy Distributed by Red black and green beads Dancing in maracas Saluting Garvey Burning bartering for peace. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 188 [topic] => 21 [informant] => frohemiasweetie [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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