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Your Back Is A Stage Today
March 31, 2012
your back is a stage today (I dance).
Each small mountain
all in a row
on very tip-toes (no,
not the kind you can walk on
when those heels are too tall for you),
the ballet tip-toes. The tip of the tip as far as the tips of toes go.
fragile,
I climb them.
(but your spine)
Bending about the waist, turning
the air drawn deep within the crowd
they guard it there
safe (or so).
linger at the peak
spotlights are very bright in the heavens (I scream).
down.
the ballet tip-toes. The tip of the tip as far as the tips of toes go.
(strength) breakable (grace)
Your back is a stage today (I dance).
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