A Pretentiously Angst-Ridden Diary of Ephemera. Also, monkeys.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

My foot may be bruised, but this dance I can still do!

This got sent to me by the inestimable Tuna, thanks to the archival skills of my friend-across-the-Atlantic, Zenobia. It has been given a classification of +2 Hilarity and +1 Pompous Language.

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.

(Jeff Brechlin, Potomac Falls)

It's also got a +1 Nostalgia rating for reminding me of my friend John from High School who once handed in an English test, sat back down at his desk, then suddenly started up and swore. "Did you write a question wrong?" we asked, concerned.

"No," he replied, still obviously angry at himself. "I didn't know the test answers, so instead I spent most of my time drawing a diagram of the Hokey-Pokey on the test paper. I just realized I drew all my stick figures backwards!"

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

My favourite lines are:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.

I just love sinistral pedestal, fervid and wanton swirl. They make me laugh. Lithe is pretty good too, but more normal sounding.

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