J&J's Dance

josephine and jehosephat
sittin pretty as two cats in the sun
were done with all the chitterchat
and were gettin down to business
hisness and herness
donethat and dothis
twoness and oneness
you know
the primal dance, as this pair flows
each step in tune with pheral codes
as each selects the proper pose
and what how much they should expose
so 'Phat sez Mmm, 'Phine your lookin pretty
fine
What say we do whatever comes to mind? Mmmm?
he sidles up as she steps back
josephine to jehosephat: Mmm, well
that takes a lotta gumption
that we'll share a common thought is
a truly great presumption
what you want is one thing
what I want another
that we are not alike, o brother
is the reproductive function
don't you think?
which Jeho is not
his opening line's been met by a rock
he's stunned in fact and still in shock
he's smitten
doesn't care if he's been mocked
his key it seemed had found its lock
Jo looks him over, her eyes do lower
a smile comes to her lips
Tell me what you want she sez
what you want she sez tell me
'Phat wants That - was all he could think
but such candor he knew was way past the brink
he needed some words to dress up his feeling
romance for the dance to keep it a'reeling
some leaf from verbal fig or mango
to change the beat from jig to a tango
so he opens his heart and allows it to rise
up and out of his throat w/o guile or disguise
Josephine sez jehosephat
his eyes surprised to find her near
One thought I have, just one, just one arisin here'
and that's to take you with me, way out
over the horizon there's
a place I know I know there is
he takes her hand in his
a place somewhere somewhere a space
where bliss is ours and we embrace
always and forever there, over the horizon
come with me come together
we can go beyond that verge that break
where earth meets sky and you and I
will merge and wake our true selves
sleeping deep inside the other
he pauses cause his foot has slipped
and finds they're in a headlong dip
his script has vanished tho he's still on stage
so all he can manage is
so... what do you say?
Now Jo is charmed by the vision and conjures the trip
goes there and back in her mind while staring up at his lip
then she straightens and places a hand on his hip, just so
Sounds nice she sez gently
what came into your brain
Are we there yet however
will be our constant refrain
since
you point to a goal that cannot be met
we can leave that's true
but as we proceed
the edge that you seek will always recede
and the point is to go to a place you can get
don't you think?
Josephine sees Jeho turn to stone
his eyes are open but there's nobody home
he's standing stiff knocked still by her zinger
so she rocks him back with one poke of her finger
and as he returns to his vertical rest
half-circle she turns with her back to his chest
she laughs as they sway right and left, to and fro
she knows he can't move with her heels on his toes
Jehosophat fights to keep his head clear
then somethng arises he needs her to hear
so he wraps her up tight and whispers fierce in her ear
yes yes you're right I know I know
I spoke from a dream but take it so
the urge to merge is a truth not a lie
a spur to lead us from low to on high
and saying this he flings her out wide
she stops when their arms are full stretched from their sides
they are both surprised
you can see it in their eyes
as they stare at each other across the divide
they are two they are one
they are foreign yet kin
and then with a snap he reels her back in
two circles complete she whirls in a spin
till they meet breast to breast
and they speak chin to chin
May I have this dance, sez the one
No, may I, sez the other
and slowly they waltz
tho they continue to mutter
the words do not matter, the Dance is the thing
the source of their souls, the root of their being
who knows if they'll speak of an ultimate fusion
the music keeps playing
all else is illusion
Josephine and Jehosephat
sittin pretty as two cats in the sun
were done with all the chitterchat
they were dancing now
and that was that


by Matt Rosenberger