A Selection from No Shroud of Silence, Sandi Keaton-Wilson

I T WA S A N I G H T F I T F O R DA N C I N G

Sandi Keaton-Wilson

It was a night fit for dancing

with Neptune in the moonlight

that February eve

when sequins fell from his robe

and stardust covered

the white lace lawn

starched crisp

underneath

our feet.

**********************

I turned and twirled

in slippers made of glass

or ice so cold I could not

pause, for fear of

becoming frozen in motion

like the childhood game

of Swinging Statues—

left to stand a statue

until someone

came along

melt

heart. ❖

From No Shroud of Silence (Shadelandhouse Modern Press, September 2018), Sandi Keaton-Wilson. Copyright © 2019 by Sandi Keaton-Wildon. For permission requests, contact [email protected] “It Was A Night Fit For Dancing” appeared in Peasus (Kentucky State Poetry Society).

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