Dab de Bottom House ~ (Mahendra Ramkellawan)
Listening to
Mahendra Ramkellawan’s popular song
“Dab de Bottom House”
I remember how on Saturdays
My mother used to rub the wooden floors
Of our little and simple house
With its slated rooftop
How the penetrating smell of floor oil
Shaped the ambiance in the weekends
Together with Negro spirituals
From the little radio
And milk bread on Sundays
When each day differed from the other
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