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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEREMIAD ON DANCING, by P. C. CALHOUN First Line: Every night when I hitch the elastic Last Line: Why do I like it? I wonder! Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | |||
Every night when I hitch the elastic Which fastens my vest to my pants, I agree with the viewpoint monastic: It's a silly amusement to dance, To handle a gun or a lance -- There's a man's job; but dancing -- aw, thunder! (Or la! la! as spoken in France) Why do I like it, I wonder? Aside from the somewhat fantastic Idea some persons advance, That the fox-trot and waltz are gymnastic, It's a silly amusement to dance, One trips over young debutantes -- (The evening's one vast social blunder), Or stumbles around with one's aunts; Why do I like it, I wonder? Am I mistakenly drastic? Am I as one who but rants, Knowing nothing? Or am I just plastic? It's a silly amusement to dance, That's sure . . . (Hark! The waltz from "Penzance"! Or is it "Get Out and Get Under"? Anyway, it's a strange dissonance -- Why do I like it, I wonder?) L'Envoi Say, kid! Come on -- take a chance! (It's a silly amusement to dance, But I can't have her think that I shunned her.) Why do I like it? I wonder! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAMED DANCER DIES OF PHOSPHORUS POISONING by RICHARD HOWARD ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN A DANCER'S LIFE by DONALD JUSTICE DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS THE CHILDREN DANCING by LAURENCE BINYON THE HOUSE OF DREAMS by SARA TEASDALE |
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