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Tatterdemalion bone scat, waistbend on the downbeat, feet, a shin on a swipebreeze, toes, the axis of hoof speed. Tap is this, and tap is that. Sweet muskmelon on monkfish, hoecake as ladyfinger souse, cuke flesh from lowcountry vine, bone-suck, yardbird, white rind. Hungry, I whirl on a wish, conga and clog as my side dish. Foolgiddy shuck-shuck on down pat, sweetgrass and cockleburr dew neck iron, red boa, chattel blue. Tap is poke-with. Tap is pluck-at. Soap slick, bubble-up, bath mat. Rope thick, huckabuck- laughed at . Cocked straw, brim felt, top hat Lock jaw, hymn yelp, combat Yeah ...tap is this. Tap is that. Poke with. Pluck at. I And not the brother before me: and not the father before him-