#ska
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Ranking, skanking
in a checkered world,
keystone cops
chase rudeboys
while you sweat the beer out
on the dancefloor;
flailing, riddled,
ventilated with every rim-shot
trying desperately
to swim to Jamaica
from England.
Sep 5, 2020
Sep 5, 2020 at 7:41 AM UTC
Papa sat
on his porch
smoking cigarettes.
Papa sat
on his porch
drinking black coffee.
Papa sat
on his porch
watching history
repeat itself.
Would he have lied
about this life?
What did he do?
Do I care?
He's dead. He's done.
He's my black bread.
Would he have lied
about this life?
What did he do?
Do I care? Do I care?
Papa said,
Don't lie.
Don't ever cut your ties
on accident, with some
accidental psychosis.
Kid, know your mind.
Kid, live your life.
Papa said,
Don't break.
Don't snap yourself in half
folding for other eyes,
Please,
Keep living, Kid.
Learn to bend.
May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019 at 3:05 PM UTC
There’s a group called “Madness”,
Play a thing called “Ska”.
Though their music’s jerky,
Suggsy is a star.
Started in the seventies,
Still are going strong.
Suggs is their lead singer,
They just can't go wrong.
Would you Adam and Eve it,
That they done so well.
If you do not like them,
You can go to Hell.
They had fifteen top tens,
In their fine career.
Cheer them on I tell you,
I’ll just have a beer.
This poem’s written in their style,
That you must have seen.
If you hadn’t noticed,
Just where have you been?
Saw them on the telly,
Just the other day.
Was a golden oldie,
Hip hip, hip, hurray!
Oh where is that policeman,
To make that cardiac arrest?
Oh I’d better not hurry,
Being peaceful is the best.
Paul Butters
Jul 31, 2016
Jul 31, 2016 at 10:04 AM UTC
***** with me
let me feel the beat
that will make us complete
***** with me
***** with me
let us tear down this wall
and ignore all the fools
***** with me
***** with me
before our teenage dreams
fall apart at the seams
***** with me
***** with me
forget all their wars
I'm all yours
***** with me
May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 at 11:16 AM UTC