Bad Move by Elywn
By the soles vested in my feet
I solemnly swear to step -
between
the good and the dance.
That is,
to elope them
to divorce them
to step between their prefixes and
haughty definitions sayin
Freak
So I corner Good and say listen!
This body lacks the oxford comma
of grace but that doesn't mean
it won’t punctuate
it doesn't mean I won't carry heat
to that liminal place of
beauty and mistake.
Good you still don’t see?
you and Dance were sires
in polyrhythmic wedlock.
Too amorous for the two step
too annulled for the waltz
too colonial for the tap.
You were born to third ears
on uneven steps
made wet by wrong turns and potholes
the dip and splash of honest rusting
gave you corrugated hips
plying through the night
keep those histories with you
shiver Dance bad
unscrew the ring Good
and loosen up
my messy naughty
Dance