only two dancers remain standing shuffling and swaying under syncopated lights held by an unspoken law an apparently unavoidable trait of human nature that forces them to continue despite such terrible choices of song and persistence each was merely a "friend of the bride" moving in different circles prior to this their dancefloor meeting unfortunately neither can now abandon the other to dance alone to risk being seen as the cause for bringing this near-sacred ritual to an end these residual bodies left with no choice but to mirror each movement match every sidestep echo every clap with rhythm or without it will not matter so long as this transient solidarity of misplaced confidence and forced smiles continues into the next song