Cafe Rose Nicaud, where inspiration can happen. (Photos: Common)
Dancing My Funky Tango 5/27/16
Sitting in a corner at the Rose Nicaud
waiting for the line at the coffee counter
to dissipate, I start to think poetry.
It’s been a while since the muse
deigned to dance with me;
and I am at a loss over
what I can do to entice her
back into my embrace.
So I pick a Billy Collins poem at random,
the one he calls “Fool Me Good;”
and I find myself laughing out loud
at the coffee shop…
Laughing at him laughing at himself;
I laugh at me laughing at myself…
Then suddenly I am whirling and twirling,
doing my funky tango with the muse
who seems to love me best
when I finally let go.
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