A robot dance Nov. 26, 2023
She dances like a robot
With her mother on Thanksgiving
A male voice off camera
Saying he doesn’t want to be
On YouTube,
A different dance than the one
She danced for her mother
On Asbury Park beach
A month earlier,
Real joy exuding from her
As if she has finally found contentment
(even though I suspect
She may be putting on
A happy face)
She, having breached
The age of 40
(perhaps now 44 or 45),
Though her face is the same face
From all those years ago,
Framed by black hair,
When I remember it being brown
Or near red under harsh sunlight,
Waving her arms like a robot,
While her mother tries
But not successfully
To imitate the dance,
Both standing around
What is likely her father’s
Kitchen table
Somewhere in lower New York State,
Kicking off the holiday season
With a video she feels compelled to record
For posterity,
Life is good.
Life is long.
Life sometimes gives you gives
You never thought you’d need
Or want,
Yet are grateful to receive
Anyway.
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