Easy Boogie

Down in the bass
That steady beat
Walking walking walking
Like marching feet.
 
Down in the bass
That easy roll,
Rolling like I like it
In my soul.
 
            Riffs, smears, breaks.
 
Hey, Lawdy, Mama!
Do you hear what I said?
Easy like I rock it
In my bed!
 
Langston Hughes, "Easy Boogie" from The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Copyright © 2002 by Langston Hughes. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates, Inc.
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