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No Dancing, Please

Lord, deliver me from pride-filled arrogance For it is perfectly clear, I should not dance, No matter how much I envy others’ their prance. These days I dare not even risk the chance I should've known, I saw the bouncer glance, But that disco beat actually had me in a trance. Years of practice my dancing did not enhance, Last time I tried, they showed me the entrance! written December 15, 2021

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/16/2021 6:22:00 AM

A marvelous monorhyme my friend!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 12/16/2021 9:11:00 AM

I got a kick out of it myself. Honestly, you turned me on to monorhymes, and now I try them from time to time. They work really well, I think, with humor.

Delice Arleen Skelly

Date: 12/16/2021 5:36:00 AM

I am remembering Rock-and-Roll...those were the days...Delice

L Milton Hankins
Date: 12/16/2021 9:12:00 AM

Yes, they were, Delice. I still like disco very much. When I go to Mexico, they are still in the disco period, and I get to hear the old songs like "I Will Survive"...you know, the good stuff!

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 12/15/2021 3:14:00 PM

So cute! I really don't know how to dance! Love this. God bless you always. Love, Gina

L Milton Hankins
Date: 12/15/2021 3:49:00 PM

Thanks so much, Gina. Well, I danced when I was a kid, but my dancing days are long gone! I started this one with something entirely different in mind, but it sort of ran away with me. Do you ever have a poem take over your thoughts?