Thursday, May 08, 2003

My friend Tanja has a

My friend Tanja has a restless, burning curiosity.  I think that’s why she forwarded to me the following in response to the oft-asked, never-heretofore answered question: what if Shakespeare wrote the Hokey Pokey?

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heaven’s yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke—banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, ‘tis what it’s all about.