They danced no more,
their limbs and loins
well past any Jollimore.
With bunions, aches & pains,
hoof & mouth, spurs & corns,
fungi & chilblains.
Who could dance with feets so sore?
(Not to mention them hips & knees).
Ah, but they can, neuropathic
as they might be, yet sit and
tap-tap-tap their bony toes,
setting up a clickety-clack,
that’ll raise up ol’ Easy Keels’
Red Hot Cha-Cha-Chas Revue
right up out of the bone yard,
to kick it up like in them bad
ol’ days of yore.
Notes
RSVP: Relâche, sil vous plais
Relâche:
- French for “cancellation”, “theater dark”, or “no performance today”.
- A ‘ballet obscene’ by Erik Satie, Francis Picabia. 1924.
- Film by Renee Claire. 1924.
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