She said she'd always be a dancer

JM Calonico 1943 (San Francisco, CA)



I mean

Here you're going out on the stage of your life And you must be· thinking,

"My God--

All of a sudden it's little itsy-bitsy, unimportant, can't dance, gum-poppin’ ballerina bitch, My-God-It's-so-beautiful-­I-hope-I-don't-blow-it Me. Out on that huge stage with all those eyes fixed on Me!"

How impotent How powerless

How weak, like you're filled with cream-of-wheat you must feel.

How frightened you must be at the thought of that.

And really, the more frightened now the better?

It means you're investing a lot in what you are doing,

And it shows how much love you will exude when you actually perform.

About this poem

This is a "Heartsong," written during an ill-fated love affair that we thought was a romance.

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Written on September 21, 1975

Submitted by nealandjack on May 10, 2023

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Scheme A X X X X X A X
Characters 623
Words 117
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

JM Calonico

Poet, now retired) has had two careers: sociology professor (15 years) and child welfare worker (40 years). more…

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