The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 3/25/07)

[RetroLounge]

Classic Ballroom Dances

Grandmothers who wring the necks
Of chickens; old nuns
With names like Theresa, Marianne,
Who pull schoolboys by the ear;

The intricate steps of pickpockets
Working the crowd of the curious
At the scene of an accident; the slow shuffle
Of the evangelist with a sandwich-board;

The hesitation of the early morning customer
Peeking through the window-grille
Of a pawnshop; the weave of a little kid
Who is walking to school with eyes closed;

And the ancient lovers, cheek to cheek,
On the dancefloor of the Union Hall,
Where they also hold charity raffles
On rainy Monday nights of an eternal November.

Charles Simic

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Retro.........

Ah, I love all the varied images here...

All these dances, both traditional, and not.....

Thank you.......:hug:

[wildhorses]

2. i love this line--

On rainy Monday nights of an eternal November.

classic ballroom dances??

whose ballroom:P