Let Them Dance For You

I play this alligator drum
for you to dance and enjoy
but if you object to it
I invite ancestors
the ones  of forgotten past
those with dry bones,
to do it on your behalf
Let them dance for you
as you watch unbelievably
with your eyes of flesh
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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