Sunday, October 19, 2008

Salsa Night Two (un-haiku'd)

Watching the smooooth
quick, clever couples
dominate the floor
can only succeed
in making me feel
more the klutz
Would you be amazed
outraged
to find that some men
simply won't ask you to dance
should they deem it worth their time to
assess you
and find you oh-so deficient in skill?
Amusing
but they certainly take time
to play the game of
avoid-eye
with you.
To this nonsense I address the following:
Las Personas Ostentosa y
Arrogante
Cuidado!
I'll remember who you are
Should you change your mind
You know
in that future
where I'll
eventually
get very, very
good at this
Constant practice
begins to wear down
both me and my resolve
but
no matter.
I will master
all the dulce
picante tricks.
I'll just have to remind myself
on the journey to
becoming muy rica
that latin dance is just
as much about attitude
as it is about know-how

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