"Dib Dab" by Paul Beatty from Word of Mouth (Reading Response)

What interests me about "Dib Dab" is the rhythm of the poem.  The constant "smooth as" makes it read like a song.  I think the words in it, like "smooth" and "funky" describe the sound of jazz, which makes the poem read like a kind of jazz song.  Also the usage of scatting words like "a cab calloway blip blap big band stikkle tat rif"  are used in jazz songs, which further brings this genre of music to mind when reading Beatty's work.  In class, we discussed whether this poem gives off a masculine or feminine vibe, and I would certainly say that "Dib Dab" has masculine all over it.  Men, as a whole, are more likely to be interested in sports, and Beatty writes about a hockey player, a basketball player, and a track star.  I think that the people who Beatty writes about say something about a culture.  I don't know if it is his culture, but the mention of the black and Latin entertainers and the jazz gives me of a New York/Harlem vibe.  Basically, this poem has taught me how writing a poem with the rhythm of a song is done.  I think this strategy will be very useful in the future when I want to write different styles of poems.