''Puttin On the Ritz''
it's saturday night time to put on-
the ritz put away the dull life dressupandmingle
live a dream leave this thing called my existence
me and my honey going high style
gonna rub noses with the noseinthesky type
smiles on their faces like wax statues
watch the fashion show
fred astaire move your tapdancingspats over-
me and my honey
are puttin on the ritz
jazz club big band music dance contest
music bursting with sound
we got it we know it all
foxtrot
waltz
tango maybe we will invent somemoves
the dancers moving like ripples through water-
me in my sparkling filmy flowing dress
showing off my heels and my fabulouslegspeeking
jewelry that swings as I spin dip and twirl
like a dizzy butterfly
lost in a sea of nameless faces puttin on the ritz
oh my makeupisinpeccable pale and beautiful
my partner really knows how to swing
a walkingstick in his white glove
hands he's a million dollar trooper in spats
and blacktuxedo
and we are gonna strut our stuff rub noses with
the uppityups
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August 10, 2015
Poetry/Free Verse/"puttin on the ritz'
Copyright Protected, ID 15-698-893-0
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Submitted to the contest, 101 In A Row Contest - 7
sponsor, PD
Fourth Place
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Written the contest, Puttin On The Ritz,
sponsor, Judy Konos
First Place
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2015
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