I love dancing
with middle-aged women
in clunky shoes
with cropped hair and gaudy belts
festooning hips
with broken-in torsos, generous breasts
not afraid to take up space
arms akimbo
maenad bravado
who dare the men to join in
swim the estrogen-rich waters
with these sleek smiling sharks
not timid maidens in pinched jeans
watching us, wide-eyed
staring at their elegant footware
not the young bucks with stiff hips
and determinedly heterosexual beers
waving in the air
those are not the powerhouses
who dominate the dance floor-
sprung from empty nests
hungry for the spotlight
with crow's feet shameless
dancing around firey eyes
shaking what god gave 'em
putting us all to shame
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