Swarthy & 'Fro

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Background

This poem was created in a scholarly setting.

Professor Name: Kate Sanchez

Educational Institution: Community College of Philadelphia

Grade: A (Passed)

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Synopsis

A man and his dog go out to investigate a mysterious entity that’s disrupting their sleep. But what or who do they find?

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Raheem sleeps in a cabin in the woods

Stars and moon are out, wind hits the hardwood

The fireplace calmly snaps as its warmth hugs

The man’s on the bed, above his dog’s rug

Raheem hears a noise—eyes gently open

The dog then gets up from his sleep, frozen

Both look out the window and Raheem says,

“That is last night’s sound, a saxophone plays” 

“You hear it, too Roy? Isn’t it so loud?” 

“It’s hard to sleep to what sounds like a crowd”

Roy barks once and shakes his head up and down

They leave the bedroom to seek out that sound

They both stay close and walk around the house

“Hm…the living room?” But found none to browse

“Maybe the kitchen?” Nothing to find but

the letter his sick sister mailed last time

“Can’t be the bathroom,” that, he’s adamant

Last, they look in the attic and basement

Regarding saxophones, they were vacant

They both go back into the living room

“Shouldn’t it sound far? But it’s a close tune”

Roy barks once and agrees like a cohost 

“Two days back, the cops said ‘if the sound boasts…

just give us a call, we will scope the scene’”

“But Roy, yesterday they’ve already seen

the nearby woodlands when the starlight gleamed”

“If they can’t do it, I’ll do it myself”

“It’s stopping our sleep—like a restless beep” 

Roy barks once and follows Raheem outside 

Raheem slightly pats his coily black fade 

As the moonshine made his smooth dark skin glaze

The wind pushes them, but they walk harder

Some leaves fall down—like shots from an archer

“The sound is beautiful, don’t get me wrong…

but I work later—just what is this song?” 

Raheem and Roy stop with eyes more open

Roy angrily barks—Raheem feels frozen

Raheem squints and sees…

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