Pas de deux

Pas de deux

Entrée -
peeking through pixels
watching, reading, considering
It's safer to remain invisible
but oh, the ache
to unfurl, soar, attempt mad pirouettes
before an audience of strangers
so maybe
just a few words

Adagio
words beget words swelling
to agility, advanced turns and arabesque postures
drawing clicks and long searches, thoughtful returns to
lines in a refrain of sensation
matched step for step,
teasing, flirtatious and cloyingly subtle
What is imagined and what is intentional?
patterns, action, reaction
a phrase, a mirrored movement
play of words, repeat images
Is it wishful projection, or are they
Circling one another cautiously
Wondering, wanting like
Snow leopards in cyberspace

Pas Seul - 1
Move to logical consideration:
a fool knows better
stories of aging don Quixotes
charging after ephemeral illusions
Modest, solid, smart, content
have always been sufficient
besides, I have never been a good liar
Yet. The unheard voice, dance of words, haunt
And draw again to the screen
one cannot help
but wish wonder
want

Pas Seul – 2
The pathology seems obvious enough
There are no eyes here with expectations of should, would, must
It is easier to drop hard edges along with caution
But this vulnerability --
have limits been overstepped, too much said
what can even come of this and
what motivates
Please no Bronte types on a damn moor.
Yet. There is dark brooding. Wishes. Wonders.
want

Coda
A surrealist touch:
the power goes out
The audience contemplates this silently
then leaves
And the dancers?
Anyone's guess—but
I hope they smile and go out for coffee