Finally I perfect
At least a bit
Of Tango
For my own
Finally something -
I can do
And enjoy
-Immensely-
So how
Do they know ?
They -
The powers
That be -
"Men make plans
And the Gods laugh!"
Now when I'm feeling all
Grand
Like I could dance for those
Gods
And they might understand -
The angst, the yearning, the sheer -
Heartbreaking futility
Of being human !
(Which is so elegantly expressed
In this dance)
Achilles strikes
- at least
the heel -
Why
And why
Now?
Has this tendon chosen
To betray
Me
Must I limp about
Like some person who doesn't know
The center
Of the dance?
Like someone who goes
Shopping
And watches
Movies
And believes in the dream
They've been sold
And doesn't
Know ?
This knowledge -
That the dance is eternal
And contained within it
Is all one needs to know -
Blast and darn it!
I say!
Achilles
Will have
His way
It's a Greek tragedy
As I sit here with
My foot up
Contemplating
My
Tormented
Fate
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