The poetic city: A suite for Miss Helen “Dancing with Miss Helen: With Conscious Intent 9/16/12”

The author, Reece Burka, with Miss Helen. (Photo by: Richard Eager)

Dancing with Miss Helen: With Conscious Intent    9/16/12

With conscious intent I wear the hat

that Helen will recognize as something good.

With conscious intent I remind myself to keep

my expectations low.

I don’t want to be disappointed.

I don’t want to be distracted.

I don’t want Helen to succumb

to the seduction of the mundane.

I don’t want to lose Helen.

This time I needn’t have worried.

This time there was no doubt.

This time she leapt into the music,

took my hand, and took the lead …

We danced in every way possible from chair to chair:

    Holding

    Tapping

    Strumming

    Tickling

    Rocking

    Twisting

    Winking

    Sighing

    Singing

    Shouting

    Stroking

And we ended with a chaste kiss instead of a dip

with conscious intent.

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© Reece Burka 2/1/2019