Home Row
Home row. Middle C.
Hands on the wheel
at 10 and 2 can easily
slide to 11 and 3
or 9 and 1. The melody
is right, but not the key,
the shirt is closed,
but buttoned askew,
an extra hole exposed
and no button for it.
A shape and the new
shape it makes, shifted.
The clockwise gait
of the waltz, spinning
in order to navigate
the dancers around
the room, their feet
lifting and pushing down
as if signing the floor
in triplicate, pressing
equally to be sure
that the Windsor knot
of their name winds up
copied in the right spot.
A wonderful turn.
ReplyDelete"The melody is right, but not the key" is my favorite line.
ReplyDeleteI am with Susan ....though I love it all, the hands to the wheels : )
ReplyDeleteOoh, the maimings of typing class seem so cool and elegant in this soulless age (as I type this I hear the mellifluous hum of fingers on a nearby keyboard).
ReplyDeleteAnd the way you wrestled a windsor knot into the conversation - brilliant!