Shall We Dance Second Version
Shall we dance
Shall we dance, Mystery Woman, shall we dance?
Shall we tango with words, slowly, to learn
Each other ‘s rhythms of wit and being?
Shall we dance a pavane of polite conversation,
In orderly procession of statement and reply,
Graceful development of theme and variation?
Indeed. Let us dance. Let us waltz towards
Assonance or dissonance, when the floor becomes
Crowded with swirling, twirling, dancers,
Or empties into hollow phantoms of memory.
Let us dance.
Come, let us send felicitations and formal invitations,
Let us share our cogitations and wild imaginations,
Full of wry observations and subtle intimations;
Written to rain’s roaring, hissing inundation and the
Throaty punctuation of frogs ‘neath the warm precipitation.
Let us dance.
For who can tell, with certain prognostication
If our feet will entangle in clumsy dis-coordination;
Or Fred and Ginger the world, at our integration
Into a perfect, combination.
Let us talk, with caution, doubtfulness and hesitation,
Touched with optimism; ignoring past complications
With only future contemplation.
Shall we engage with witty conversation and bold
Determination, to see what might be?
Shall we dance, Mystery Woman, shall we dance?
Copyright © Edward Clapham | Year Posted 2016
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