How to Dance
You will need:
One red dress:
the fabric doesn’t matter, and,
really, nor does the colour and,
if you like,
it can be jeans and a t-shirt;
BUT
it must have red-dressness
that essence that fills you up,
like fuel, with throw-your-shoulders-back,
look-at-the-sky, breathe-deep-and-fast
spinning energy,
and makes you into a flame.
A space:
to fill with your weaving,
wondering wildness;
to inhabit and transform
from vacancy
into flickering
light and shadows.
You could close your eyes
and find it behind them.
Drums
to give you a rhythm
to lead your steps
to
set
the
pace
bongos are good,
snare drums, timpani,
but still, feel free to use
your pulse, or the
cadence of
your heart.