Well here are my first crits for ages. I like this poem. Dancing is good for
the soul. SalyJ




>From: Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: learning to twirl
>Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 21:22:47 +1000
>
>well
>I don't think I was such a bad husband
>not really
>no badder than the rest
>that much is sure
>probably the dancing
>gave a clue
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>pardon
>oh sorry
>I was just thinking a minute
>
>you know there's none of the boys
>that I grew up with
>could dance
>
>it's funny
>my mother and my sister
>both tried their damnedest to teach me
>to waltz and fox-trot and what-have-you
>they loved being able to dance
>and my mother told me
>it would be important to me in my life
>but I'd have none of that
>felt there was something embarrassing about it
>
>we sort of danced when we were courting
>cramped floors where we mostly clung
>for dear life
>like a pair of startled bunnies
>and because being so close
>felt pretty wonderful
>but after we married
>not really
>
>sometimes we'd be somewhere
>with a band playing
>and she'd say let's dance
>not necessarily waltz
>often it was the modern all-arms-and-legs stuff
>but I couldn't do it
>unless I'd had a skinful
>
>I changed you know
>made a decision sometime or other
>that I'd do it
>get up and dance no matter how silly I felt
>was too late though and she wasn't interested anymore
>I think I'd broken her of any desire
>and looking back
>we were probably already buggered by then anyway
>waiting for the last rites
>
>I reckon
>at least I wonder sometimes
>if me not dancing had something to do with it
>maybe that was enough
>in a way
>to make me a bad husband
>to mark me
>
>still
>it's history now
>isn't it
>
>would you care for a twirl
>
>~

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