Monday, April 24, 2023

Frame by Ann Medlock

 


  • FRAME

  • “Gentlemen, set your frames.
  • This here dance starts simple
  • and gets tricky real fast.
  • Your lady cannot do
  • the necessary turns and
  • flourishes if you do not
  • give her frame.
  • But if you got
  • steady shoulders,
  • rock-strong arms,
  • sure footing,
  • then there she goes,
  • twirling, double-timing,
  • knowing she can count on you
  • for balance. Give way
  • when she swings out,
  • when she’s off balance—
  • her spin will take her down.
  • Then you got one bruised and
  • limping little lady, don’t you know?”
  • You ask what I need from you
  • as I rescript my life, ending what
  • I thought it was and spinning into
  • what it may really be. No actions,
  • no words are needed, only frame,
  • only the pinpoint touch of your
  • solid presence, only the still point
  • without which there is no dance,
  • and we know there is only the dance.
  
     - - - Ann Medlock




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