Kirk Lumpkin
WHO DANCES IN DAYLIGHT
I smile
(to myself)
seeing the couple
on the sidewalk
by the open car door
holding each other
as if
to begin
a dance--
Right there
in the analytical daylight,
in the middle of the work day world
without the comforting, seductive night,
without any music.
I think they are two
of the brave
or the naturally
uninhibited.
But I am mistaken
they have not embraced
to dance.
The man holds the woman
to move her
into the car
from a wheel chair.
Who dances in the daylight?
Do you ever dance in the daylight?
And then again
perhaps I was not
quite mistaken
and this too
was a kind
of dance.
Kirk Lumpkin has authored two poetry books, Co-Hearing and In Deep (which this poem is from). He recently released an album of rock songs, Moondog Sessions, and soon will release a poetry/music CD, Sound Poems, with The Word-Music Continuum. For more information: www.KirkLumpkin.com.
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