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Morning Dance

Contributed by sugarboy on Thursday, 9th October 2003 @ 11:28:02 AM in AEST
Topic: happypoetry

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]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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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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