Miss Helen doing her dance. (Photo by: Greg Shelton)
When Miss Helen finally responded today
The bare sensuality of her touch
Shocked me almost as much as it did
The first time we danced twenty years ago
When I unexpectedly found myself
Dancing with her deep in the pocket of the beat
It took a while for her to get there today
To emerge from her isolation
And enter the bubble with me
Where she made her offer …
An offer of rhythm and touch
That I gladly accepted.
As it was then, so it was today
Dancing hand-to-hand without artifice
Once again deep in the pocket with Miss Helen.
© Reece Burka 2/1/2019
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