Rhythm

In Africa
they call them songs.
Boom, bedet, bop, boom bedet, bop
and play them for
special occasions.
Bata bata be de
They split them into parts
and assign the parts to players
and become a community
Bede, bededed bop
through the ritual
of sound.
Nothing but drums, singing.
Here we turn on the radio.

The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.