take me back to those
malt liquor drenched
after hours
ridin’ dirty
headin’ east on the 10
terius nash’s music bass
would shake cars
in the next lane
we backup vocalists
shake the asphalt
top flight harmonies
The DREAM
take me back, FAM
take me back
when the traffic
choked, shake
put it down,
put it down,
put it down, shawty
right there
is the shit
subwoofers, amplifiers,
with enough wattage
to shake the polar
bears
pull up,
no exit
til song
ends transmission
jubilant
R&B courage to the face
take me back to those
malt liquor drenched
after hours, Fam
take me back,
take me,
back
NOTES:
FOUR LOKO CENTO BASS (PUT IT DOWN) contains pieces of Marcus Jackson’s poem “BASS” +lyrics from The Dream’s songs “Put it Down” & “Shawty (Is the Shit)”.
Hailing from South Central, Los Angeles, Tauwan Patterson is Black + Queer Poet and recent graduate of the MFA Creative Writing Program at Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina who, with his poetry, aims to, in the words of the great Poet and Thinker Marcus Jackson, announce his freedom and presence. Making a sound that echoes in the end that says Tauwan Patterson. No more. No less.
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