” A wop-boppa-loop-bop..”,
Cutting sharp
like a razor thro’ old silk,
your timbre broke
a thousand taboos
set racing a million heartbeats
beating along with,
your three minute records,
you were vinyl;
Long Tall Sally
lighting up the ether
like the fourth of July,
Tutti Frutti painting gaudy colors
on a monochrome radio dial;
you were engine of the sock-hop ball,
you were Rock
and Roll,
” a-wop-bam-boom!”