TAP SHOES

I'm retracing my footsteps

doin' a sad

shuffle ball change

backwards

no big finishes here

only painful endings

to what seems to

be a play staged

by a reluctant actor

puttin' on the shine

for the final performance

of his recital

on my

already trampled

heart

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written 4/1/04

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Jillian Camtasia Carver's picture

You're a tap dancer too?