dance cards

so why would i
sign up for dancing?
this shoreline
did not take lessons

there is talk of rain
in a forecast of Sundays,
a moon rounder
then normal

i am full
of, full of
the moisture that
befalls a Sunday of forecasting
full of a roundness
that is not the
curved side of you

lessons are for children
and lost starfish
we are lovers,
collectors (you and i)
of shells and dance cards
empty


bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2012

painting Will Barnet (Woman and the Sea)