Do My Parents Dance?
I never saw them dance.
They made love but, did they dance?
I saw their shadows, but did they dance?
My parents danced anger: their own shadow dance.
I hid from their dance.
Basketball, baseball, hockey, skiing,
Treehouse,
The woods,
A book,
The creek, the lake, the boat,
Always with my dog.
They hid too, she in the bottle, he in his chair - asleep.
We survived.
She died in peace: she did her work.
He died in pain: he retired from work.
I am doing my work and some of theirs.
I dance.
I hear the drum.
I dance with my shadows and some of theirs.
I dance with my parents.
They dance.
They made love but, did they dance?
I saw their shadows, but did they dance?
My parents danced anger: their own shadow dance.
I hid from their dance.
Basketball, baseball, hockey, skiing,
Treehouse,
The woods,
A book,
The creek, the lake, the boat,
Always with my dog.
They hid too, she in the bottle, he in his chair - asleep.
We survived.
She died in peace: she did her work.
He died in pain: he retired from work.
I am doing my work and some of theirs.
I dance.
I hear the drum.
I dance with my shadows and some of theirs.
I dance with my parents.
They dance.
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