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Punchline

by Yvonne de la Vega

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Punch Line


Bailar y ritmo

bailar y ritmo

San Fransisco:  cuttin’ some tracks

with another producer dreamin’ ’bout

himself being the one  to take

poetry out of the Underground

once and for all.
He was sure I was the one
“The Poetess”  haha
he gave me  a hip hop
name – that fit the bill
perfectly for his vision.

It’s
weird being the only one
in a room with an LA mind.

People talk,
I always think they’re joking.
I gotta get outta
that habit, stop smiling
waiting
for some punch line.  

When
you leave LA no one out there’s
got a punch line.

Whatever, I love to travel

bailar y ritmo

bailar y ritmo

I’d been through that before

poetry poetry poetry beats

poetry beats beats beats

bailar y ritmo

bailar y ritmo
but afterward,

chuggin’ rum in Martin Luther King Park

drunk and making out,

I heard King’s voice.

right when I noticed how beautifully blue

my producer’s eyes were.

I was seeing double

but Martin Luther King’s

voice was ringing clear.
…
eyes that kind of blue were
too innocent to ever know

the poets belong in the subversive
will always be Underground

they’ll never enter pop
there is no message for the dancers.
I started
 with a whisper as
I rose up in Martin Luther King  Park,
out of my mouth
 came
the voice of that slain leader.

I whispered, “I want you to think with me this

morning from the subject Rediscovering Lost Values
…

R e d i s c o v e r i n g   L o s t   V a l u e s . “

I   got up and he watched me
swing my hips back and forth
some extra Betty 
Boop, s
inging loud and drunk


BAILAR YRRRTMO!!
YAYAYA!
I AM
LEAVING ON A
JETPLANE!!!

BYE!!!


He was wasted,
his blues eyes glassy,

WHERE YOU GOING?

I was still swinging  my hips
“BAILAR Y RITMO BAILAR!

I’m going back to LA babe!

There is no message for dancers “

He’s still talking even though
I ‘m near the street,


DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A MESSAGE?
he yells.


“NOT REALLY, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT…”


“BUT
 I DO NEED…
I NEED  A PUNCH LINE baby!
“

AND IT’S IN LA !

”
bye- bye!





-yvonne de la vega

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released May 4, 2010
Yvonne de la Vega with a drum track yo

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