i dance with this one
until sweat on temples
heart doubles its drum

i dance with this one
swinging, swaying
shooshing, smiling
singing only the lines
i know

mumble the rest

i dance with this one
father's choreography
not quite ready for
broadway

i dance with this one
in lieu of lactating *******
a sing song blue eyed mother
who can only enchant

i dance and jib and jive
and bounce and slide
to dam the rainy river, to
ebb the tide

i dance for you
my ophelia
my daughter of movement
and song