~for
my muse~
back up for
a moment
to the
beginning of the song
the part
where the metronome
started to
tick
setting the
pace and tone
announcing,
instruments raised
signaling
the need
to state intent
the intent was to waltz
in closed position
the gliding slide
clasped within embrace
where faces touch
designed to turn
to spin on an axis
around the whole of this space
gliding around the floor in the
moment
the heat, the connection
a break from the minuet
and its small steps
the question of the formality
of the staunch and stated rules
was why noblemen slipped away
to servant’s balls
once considered
riotous and indecent
it was the expression
of two joined as one
the Hesitation waltz
where the is a pause
in the middle of movement
one step falls behind
the Scandinavian waltz
though fast or slow
but the rotating spin and twirl
never stops
the point is not whether
you know this piece of music
the question is only
did you come here to dance?
The vigorous peasant dancer,
following an instinctive knowledge of the weight of fall, utilizes his surplus
energy to press all his strength into the proper beat of the measure, thus
intensifying his personal enjoyment in dancing". Kunz Haas
