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Morning Dance
Contributed by
sugarboy
on
Thursday, 9th October 2003 @ 11:28:02 AM in AEST
Topic:
happypoetry
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It begins
with a drumbeat,
pounding and insistent
Students
shuffling to morning classes
and high-heeled women
click-clacking into sterile offices
break into a foxtrot
Heaven sends
bright blissful notes earthward
(somewhere, a glint of sunshine
strikes the bell
of a brightly polished horn
sending dancing ripples of light
all up and down
23rd Street)
A girl in purple sweatpants
grabs a red-faced man
in business suit & institutional tie-
they twirl together,
moving in the rhythms of
charleston, lindy hop, mashed potato,
cabbage patch;
limbs fly through cool morning air
Chunky blocks of rhythm pour
from some celestial guitar;
coats and hats
drop to the ground
as rush-hour passersby
succumb
to the relentless beat
A jittery bass line
rushes the crowd along
The drumbeat accelerates
to a crescendo;
dancers' hurried steps
pulverize the pavement
And then
the rhythm falters, fades;
the heavenly tune is lost
in a whispering breeze
and traffic's roar
The commuters resume
their frantic workday pace;
the morning dance
is forgotten.
-March 2002-
Copyright ©
sugarboy
... [
2003-10-09 11:28:02]
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Re: Morning Dance
(User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 11th October 2003 @ 03:47:49 PM AEST
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| i love this, very vivid images:) hugs n' love nessa |
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