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fragile thoughts soon forgotten

Friday, April 28, 2006

fallen ballerina


she's a breathless pirouette
a tiny hurricane
storming the stage
thunderous applause

she sticks out her foot to curtsy
falls

face in hands weeping
the strings have snapped
the puppet collapsed
she's a fallen ballerina

practicing day and night
twirling swirling curling up the floor
with her pointed toes

she's forgotten
how to dance while
standing still

2 Comments:

At 4:12 PM, Blogger Keith Dow said...

ooh... darcie will like this one!

 
At 6:33 PM, Blogger kanadians in korea said...

keith... i was wondering why darcie would like this one??? did she used to be a ballerina? love you!

 

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