Saturday, June 22, 2024

The Herky Jerky Oct. 10, 2013

  

 She’s invented a new dance

 called the Herky-Jerky,

needing to get out

 all the tension

she must have felt

over the last year and a half

 since she first broke the story

 (thanks to her close associated RR)

about the mayor’s arrest

 a totally different use of handcuffs

than she is likely used to,

dancing because

her life doesn’t come

to a screeching end

The mayor keeps on being mayor,

at least for the times being,

no more odd men

in trench coats and badges

stalking everyone

even remotely connected with him

(do they know more about

 what went on behind the scenes

than the indictment suggests),

 she dancing the way

 a teen does after getting away

with playing hooky,

no truant officer to hold

anyone accountable for anything.

 She dances because the shackles

are off and she can move

 freely again,

herking and jerking

in rare joy


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