Absenting My Better Half ... Whenever I Hear Music

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Whenever I hear music

—when time gives me the chance—

wherever I am,

I've got to dance

 

Sitting, walking, or talking

on a chair, sidewalk, or street

I am one big ball

of happy feet

 

Ethel or muddy waters

Beethoven or james brown

I get on up

or I get down

 

Dion with

or without the belmonts

my feet are

gushing fonts

But feet is just code

for my body's mother lode

(dem dancin' steps mostly

are not visibaly showed)

 

To mozart, I kowtow

with a swimming eye brow

 

For dylan, I am hip

with  silent gyrating lip

 

In the car,

all the singers

make me dance

with ten fingers

 

Be bop, doo wop, hip hop

or patsy cline

my internal dance floor

is real estate divine

 

Elvis, chuck berry, 

motown, the stones

always set me free

and I am truly 

happy just to dance

with me  

 

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PAUL- OLI- VERIO

 

 

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Footnotes

ABSENTING MY BETTER HALF

WHENEVER I HEAR MUSIC

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

This page was orchestrated

by Linda Oliverio

b. 10/11/46

d. 6/25/75

This page was approved

by her parents

 

I can clearly see

this holy trinity

dancing to

this song 

 

Thus,

my next 

BEATLES page

is  here

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