Let’s dance in the rain like tiny elves do
to their favorite small fairy combo!
We’ll roll today’s electric boogaloo
or fast-step our rapid ’30s mambo.
Let’s 4/4 time with Cab Calloway’s jive
then swing dance to the Carolina shag.
We’ll staccato, keep Flamenco alive.
Jealous nymphs will never call us a drag
when they see us jazz the hand dance and bop.
We’ll join caterpillars and jitterbug
in the drizzle. We’ll storm the Lindy Hop.
Let’s ballet to Mozart’s fugue. Cut a rug
through a shower to Elvis’s rock ‘n’ roll.
Feel the downpour’s power as we waltz, with soul!
Roger Armbrust
March 8, 2012
