It is close to the day of green
when Saint Patrick again visits the Emerald Island.
The Video screens are full of stomping boots
dancing to the tune of harps and pipes.
Now I know it is not PC to talk about ethnicity,
but dancing customs sure are quaint.
The Scots hip and hop
in their short skirts and hidden shives.
The Israelis hold hands and go in circles
tied together with handkerchiefs.
Those in the middle east dance with moving bellies.
The French dance on their toes
Russians are either on toe or skipping boots.
The Argentineans don't know vertical from horizontal
and prove it on the dance floor.
The Chinese and Japanese modestly hide dance behind fans.
Middle America have stolen the circling
and stomping with the hanky playing a different role.
American Jitterbugs added football and gymnastics
to he dance floor.
But dancing belongs to the African Americans
and their ancestors who are total body dancers.
And if I am any example, Swedes can't dance at all.
I do watch and note what is done
and vow never to dance.
Now I can hardly wait until Cinco de Mayo
When dancing is done in Technicolor.
Doug Minnis March 16,2009