... and all that jazz

...and all that Jazz

Summer long island 
Booze and babes
 Adoring fans
Of Gatsby

Parties, not the person
 You’re a wonderful man…
No, that’s not right. 
A Great man

Thanks for your hospitality... fabulous party
 no really, quite smashing 

Gatsby… great in his charisma 
His smile, made them feel
irresistible prejudice
They felt understood
 Felt important
 Needed. Loved. 
But more importantly… needed alcohol
Mint juleps
 Rum
 And cocktails 
Prohibition?
 What Prohibition?

 Bourbon helped them speak easy 
To be… more fluent in gossip 
At the Gatsby Party 
Meeting of the League of the Social Elite 
West Egg high class society 
Like a pretty daisy growing out of an ash heap 

Rich partiers in unlimited hells 
Money pouring out pockets
 Oh and look at 
Their smiles
Their champagne glasses
 Their flapper dresses, head bands and feathers
 Flasks at the hip
 Their zoot suits and fedoras 
Pulling up in their model Ts
 Speeding away in their cream colored cars
 Hitting little ladies
These things happen… we’re sorry

 Reckless spirit of the jazz age

 Don’t worry, I’ll be alright
S’long as I don’t meet anyone
As reckless as me

 Nick knew this reckless spirit
All too well 
Saw how it drove a man to murder Gatsby

A genuine friend

And he idolized this Gatsby
 Dressed you up as a hero 

Are you a hero? 
Or the image of one.
A platonic self-conception
To Nick’s naïve recollection 
Or childhood fantasy

I thought I heard the Twenties Roar
But really this party’s… a drag, a bore

Gatsby: what is the nature of your greatness…?

Ah, who cares?
We just want to dance
 Get wasted
 Waste away…
….
….
moral decay...
....
....
…and all the jazz.

By: Anthony Privitera

In the poem of "... and all that jazz" basically explains describes what West, and East egg are like. Plenty of alcohol, an abundant amount of money, and much talk about one another. In one of lines, which is my favorite "  What Prohibition?

 Bourbon helped them speak easy 
To be… more fluent in gossip 
At the Gatsby Party 
Meeting". This is basically what everybody did throughout the course of the book. There probably isn't one page that doesn't mention alcohol, or things about one another. I just like how this poet put in the Climax parts of this eye raising book, which I enjoyed about it.