Moni Shake

Flow

Fade in…

We are the music-
Feeds a restless swagger. puts
a bop in a dip
the music
Stirs/the rhythm swings
a bounce. adds
the 1 to the one~two step.
the music
Smokes the hustle. slides
the rock
the music-
Calls the shout. flops
the hat of the Sunday go ta meetin’ church
sistah
the music
Washes richness in waves
of chords that
float forever in flows
upon the air
the music
Settles the sun upon a bed of sighs
caresses the moon and bathes
avant~garde interludes of rapture within
rhapsodic symphonic, intervals of bump
thump rump pump pump pump pump


Breathe/ ahh ahh ahh ahh
Move/ boom boom boom

We are the music
Formed in harmonies
Framed in tones
Fastened in rhymes
Fostered in instruments
Figured by fingers found
Flying through time eclipsing
Moments meant for
Now

Breathe/ ahh ahh ahh ahhh ahhhh
Move/ boom boom boom

the music
Surrounds sound in Dolby or Bose
Nobody knows do one

We are the music
Puts a
Shoop in doo doop
bob in be bop
hop in lindy
flames to a tango
twirls tangerine twists
balm for the harlem shake
pose for the vogue
tip toes in ballet
grooves bass in jazz
cool in hip hop
Puts a
Invite in house
speed to the tarrentella
native boom in African
spice in salsa
snap in tap
hip ride in slow dance
bills in dolla wine
fire in fusion
remedy in chicken noodle soup
meringue in meringue
Puts a
Cream in mash potato
bounce in boogie,
right left in Chicago step
batter in cakewalk
mix in shuffle
glow in black bottom
360 degrees in square dance
afro’s in Cuban
wines in reggae
motions in Macarena
Puts a
Sparkle in shimmy
stutter in shag
puts
fried funky chicken on a
Candied calypso
Puts a
Dirty in south
suzy in q
quick in step
french in ibo
spasm in jerk
heel in toe wop
Puts a
Booty in bump ~n~
room in rumba

we are the music that
Takes a beat adds a bass, tempts a treble hangs a clef, tightens a tune, engages tone,
flutes a harmony, blends a pitch, serenades a tempo, lives a lyric, snaps a finger, shakes a shoulder, twitches a hip, forms a circle, snakes a shoulder, shakes a rump



we are the music that
changes an octave, cuts a key, tips a high hat, mixes a Hammond b~4 pumping a pipe, taps a bongo, licks a chord, carves a curve… soprano, melts an alto, stirs a tenor into a sharp, tick tocks classical, reaps in Christian, saturates rhythm and blues with
country, dips in some gospel, mixes in fusion drops some acid, shuffles rock, polkas pop, buries blues, shimmies a scat, hustles a hum, jigs some jazz, sprinkles a drum, sambas a sax, trembles a trombone, hulas a harp, blows wind on a violin and vibrates a viola, charms a clarinet, waltzes a piano, sways a snare, picks a guitar, mambos a
mandolin, soft-shoes a swim, turkey trots a triangle, boils a kettle drum, croons a
tom-tom beat cha cha’s on a timpani, kolo’s a washboard, rains on a harmonica, gallops a tula, Charlestons a horn, shags a interval, stomps an overture, allegras a
ballad, synthesizes a symphony, whistles honky-tonk, takes the round adds a
measure corners a bar prestos a freestyle squares a fling, jives a coronet then hops to jitterbug on a tambourine, passos a oboe doble, takes apache passion swings to the
west coast keeps rag time popping ~n~ lockin’, pirouettes socca, laces latin, chants a rhythm, ~n~ lures the lute to…
freak a funk…

the music
Pours life
Fills lungs
Beckons
Consumes Laments
Intones Groans ~n~ Moans
Captivates Moves
Soothes smooth grooves
Ummmph ummmph ummmmph
We are the music……………………………………Fade out…..

Penned by Moni....Ashe'