Dancing with Me Da! (For Linda)
As usual
the world
is threaded through me
through television
& right now
it's Jimmy Cagney.
I sit enthralled
engrossed in every move
...each gesture.
My Dad comes in
from the garden
as if he were Adam
toiling over
his vegetables.
He drops his crop
of potatoes on the floor
cries out: 'Oh...
I love this! '
Sweeps me off
my feet in a gentle waltz
around our kitchen.
'Casey...'
(he softly sings)
'would waltz with
the strawberry blonde
...& the band played on! '
'He'd waltz 'round the floor
with the girl he adored
...& the band played on! '
'His heart was so loaded
(it nearly exploded) '
'For God's sake Danny
put the child down! '
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poem by Dónall Dempsey
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