an Evening to Remember

yes
it was an evening
to remember

I stumbled only
a few times
when dancing with
the "teacher"

When dancing with
my partner
we swung
around the floor

and I remembered
     why I do this...

the ankle gave
an awesome tweak
when first
     I stepped upon it

It held up after that
I vow
to be more careful
with it

I view that spot
in the yard
with suspicion now

I will get hand rails
for those steps

The minute I can
afford it

there are some things
worth
getting up
and getting dressed for

fox trot, swing, and waltzes
come to mind

live band-
slightly off key
     singer


difficult to find the place
amongst all those tall, trimmed hedges

dark and all, we parked up front
figuring the legitimate rich
had left by now

we the illegitimate
rabble had arrived
and like the look-ee-loos we are
---took cell phone pictures
of everything
and ourselves among them

texting pictures
to people
who probably
couldn't care less

we had peppermint ice cream
for desert
and when our neighbor
didn't eat his
we stole it

melty, stolen peppermint ice cream
tastes better
in between a mambo
and a jive

than almost
anything else
on earth