celebrates
women drum across the stage
using only feet
feet that move faster
than a mandoliner's hands
women drum
and glide and stroll and leap
and maybe even somersault
oh gods!
I lose the difference
reality and fantasy
women
show how small gestures need be
to tell us something beautiful
is sexy
is exciting as hell
men show us dance dance dance
as powerful as poetry
as manly
men show us dance
as powerful as soldiering
as manly
and maybe even more beautiful
and drums
almost still our hearts
almost beat them too fast
and with the shoes
ratatattat them all the night
and discover in all of us
all of us
the specialness of the Irish
the specialness of us
riverdance
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