beat associating

By Dave Rochelson

1.Chad Gadya (revised)
...who beat the calf who ate the dog
who fucked the bull
who hit the flea
who tickled the goat
my father bought for two zuzim

2.
beets are the source of borscht
and slices are sometimes placed on burgers before engorged
beats are the basis of every rappers¹ yapping,
every redwood rapper that once was a young sapling
learns that saying it too trippingly on the tongue can be
entrapping
beats are poets with something to say, man

3.
to be at ease
to be a tease
to be ortiz
go sox!

4.
i beat my meat
i be at my meet
i beat my feet at my meet
i complete a feat at my meet
my opponent i defeat!

5.
Bobo gets beaten and bounces back
Bo begets Bea and then Owen says, ³Back!²
Bo begins beating the Now with no knack
While brow-beating bunnies make laps ¹round the track

6.
oh to be Attila (drop trou' like a prowla¹)
to be at the till, uh, of a second-class trowla¹
then in to the hilt, uh, like a cig with no filta¹,
bleeding with guilt, uh.
good thing i¹m built, huh?