Since we were toddlers
We've had the move;
Something like a siddle,
The sway of balance
On the right/left shift.
But a siddle's for a snake,
A wiggle's for a worm,
And my dog waggles
When I return.
We stop, we wait,
Frozen, and confused;
We're a bit ticked-off
We can't pull this off
In a dance of decisive moves.
We've seen our share
Of waddling sops
Leave sidedoors
On Sunday mornings.
That's not what we do.
I've stopped a tot
From toddling,
Yet now I can't help you.
It's not a reel, a jig or clog,
It's like a line-dance of two frogs.
Then I hear Yeats' fiddler,
And I commence to be a widdler.
When you meet your doppel-widdler,
Don't look,
Don't ask,
Don't take long,
Just widdle past
To the fiddler's song.
Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 7:38 AM UTC
Since we were toddlers
We've had the move;
Something like a siddle,
The sway of balance
On the right/left shift.
But a siddle's for a snake,
A wiggle's for a worm,
And my dog waggles
When I return.
We stop, we wait,
Frozen, and confused;
We're a bit ticked-off
We can't pull this off
In a dance of decisive moves.
We've seen our share
Of waddling sops
Leave sidedoors
On Sunday mornings.
That's not what we do.
I've stopped a tot
From toddling,
Yet now I can't help you.
It's not a reel, a jig or clog,
It's like a line-dance of two frogs.
Then I hear Yeats' fiddler,
And I commence to be a widdler.
When you meet your doppel-widdler,
Don't look,
Don't ask,
Don't take long,
Just widdle past
To the fiddler's song.
Widdle: Coined word to describe that annoying situation when you confront someone and neither you nor the other knows which way to pass on the street. Right, left, straight...
Yeats: The Fiddler of Dooney
