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A banging on cinder blocks
A round-faced, grandfather clock
A drumstick solo echo
Going out the window
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
Barre chord progressions
Repeated with transgressions
A sewer-pipe, plucking son
A dizzy dope, ducking the gun
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
I heard it in a heartbeat
A wrinkled, rice-paper sheet
Artfully replete
With Ska and Bluebeat
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
A visual aid
A train wreck replayed
Rudely betrayed
By a coat-check escapade
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
Old men with nothing to hear
That is what I’ve met with fear
But a teenager stays clear
Tasting what the tongue can hear
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
Give it a flip
Give it a slip
A bold, brawny high-kick
A run in a rain slick
A strike of the match stick
A cure for the homesick
A candle with a spent wick
A needling with a pin-prick
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
Get up!
Get up!
Grab the golden cup!
The testimony resonates
For those who dare to confiscate
A prize left for the meek
A stone’s throw, across the creek
A lover’s peck upon the cheek
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
A foot stomping on cement
A heel-popping malcontent
A twist of fate, heaven-sent
A lonely leap to the firmament
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
A spit into the ocean, blue
A hobo dance in worn-out shoes
A dash across the avenue
In a rainstorm, long overdue
Useful noise
Beautiful noise
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