{"id":12158,"date":"2015-07-18T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2015-08-02T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T16:27:16","slug":"the-bomba-man-and-the-blues-man-walk-into-a-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/12158","title":{"rendered":"The Bomba Man and The Blues Man walk into a bar,"},"content":{"rendered":"

the one with a barrel drum
\nstrapped heavy on his back,
\nthe other dragging guitar in hand,
\nand I’m thinking
\nthis has got to be a joke, right?
\nLike some next level
\nnegro bemb\u00f3n
\nchewing on some strange fruit type shit,
\nsome niche meets negro spiritual shit.<\/p>\n

________________________________________<\/span>Then The Bomba Man orders rum
\n________________________________________<\/span>and The Blues Man orders cognac
\n________________________________________<\/span>and I’m cracking up
\n________________________________________<\/span>’cause I know how this ends.
\n________________________________________<\/span>This ends with si Dios fuera negro<\/em>
\n________________________________________<\/span>and dark gon’ catch me here<\/em>.
\n________________________________________<\/span>This ends with he sufrido, compa\u00ed<\/em>
\n________________________________________<\/span>and I’se felt pain<\/em>.
\n________________________________________<\/span>I know this ends
\n________________________________________<\/span>exactly how it started:
\n________________________________________<\/span>with black tears
\n________________________________________<\/span>and black scars<\/p>\n

and the whole thing is hilarious
\nuntil the two sit down
\non either side of me.<\/p>\n

________________________________________<\/span>I look to both
\n________________________________________<\/span>and can see into their liquor,
\n________________________________________<\/span>catch sight of bones floating
\n________________________________________<\/span>where ice should be
\n________________________________________<\/span>and realize I can’t move.<\/p>\n

The Bomba Man shifts his drum.
\nThe Blues Man lifts his guitar.<\/p>\n

_____________<\/span>Chamaquito, mandan que cantes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

_________________________<\/span>They want your song, boy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

________________________________________<\/span>And now I know this is a joke
\nand the punchline is me.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Malcolm Friend<\/h6>\n

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