#smallpoems Fundamental beat maintained by Spirituals patting of one foot hands clap out Not marking straight time But Stop-Time Strong accent. A down

#smallpoems

Fundamental beat
   maintained by
Spirituals
patting of one foot
hands clap out
  Not
marking straight time
But
   Stop-Time
Strong accent. A
   down beat
bandied from
hand to foot
from foot to hand

Found poem from Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', and Slam Dunking,