The Dance! ! ! !

THE DANCE ! ! ! ! ! 1

IF IT CAN ONLY BE EXPRESSED, FOR THIS THERE ARE NO WORDS!
BUT HOW THEY LOVED TO SKIP AND DANCE,
AS ALWAYS, IT WAS FUN TO TAKE A CHANCE!
TO SKIP AND DANCE, SO EXCITING AND DANEROUS IT IS TO TAKE THE CHANCE!
TO LET THE LADLE, TEAPOT, AND BEAUTIFUL SABLE SKIP HAND AND HAND,
ROUND AND ROUND ON THE FORBIDDEN TABLE!
BUT THE DANCE WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE, THE SPELL WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE.
IF THEY COULD NOT GET THE DRAGON TO DANCE WITH THEM.
TO DO THIS, THERE NEED BE VERY, VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE,
TO GET THE DRAGON TO DANCE,
TO ONCE AGAIN DANCE AND RAISE IT’S FIREY LANCE!
BUT THEN SUDDENLY THE “SPOONS AND FORKS”WOULD SHOUT OUT,
YOUS’ MUST STOP, YOUS’ MUSTIN’T-DANCE ALL ABOUT,
YOUS’ MUSTIN’T SHOUT AND SING ABOUT,
AGAIN AND AGAIN THE “SPOONS AND FORKS”WOULD YELL AND YELL,
IF YOURS CONTINUE IN THIS MANNOR,
YOU’LL ALL GO TO HELL, YOU’LL ALL GO YO HELL!
AND THE DANCERS YELLED BACK,

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poem by Anthony Rubino
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