The Tango
Rhythmless blues—nonet
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Lamar Wiggins
Creative writer in the Northeast US who loves the paranormal, mystery, true crime, horror, humor, fantasy and poetry.
"Life is Love Experienced" -LW
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A Dart at Dusk
Seconds ago, the sullen sun set on the two of us… my exuberant furry companion and me. A fresh breeze embraces us, delivering welcome relief from the day’s oppressive heat. His typical stumbling and staggering along — apace with a sloth — has turned into trip-trapping, high-stepping, almost skipping along.
By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶2 days ago in Petlife
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Smashing! Hope it gets TS at the very least. Favourite bit: If only trust worked like feet, we could hop all life long
I love this.
This was kind of onomatopoeic as a whole.
I absolutely love it dude!!
Lamar, this was a fabulous nonet! Love the classic kind of feel it has for me!! Great work!!
FANTASTIC! “If only trust worked like feet” was such a good line and the whole poem is incredibly and intentionally well composed
The friendzone is the saddest place to be. Loved your Nonet!
"If only trust worked like feet" Great line! (in the context of your poem! Out of that context... it's still great, for all the possible hilarious (mis)interpretations!) Well-wrought!
Oh! That ending. The friend zone - so painful! I loved the vibe of this poem so much! :)
Using dance as a metaphor for the old two-step from lovers to friends is brilliant, Lamar! I loved it!
Flawless!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Oh, the friend zone...nooooo!!! This was wonderfully written :)
Ouch! That just-friend zone. Eloquently put Lamar
Life as a dance. Really enjoyed this.
AWW! So sadly poetic. Life is a dance, do we keep dancing to the rhythm forever, or do our feet falter half way through the dance. So much said in a few lines. Poignant.
I love the image of dancing, trust, and guilt. So cool! Great poem!
Beware the friend zone! Great work on this one.
Be careful where you dance!
Ouch, the friend zone ouster is painful.