Thank you, Brandon.
The artistry you give
The way you shape your hands a gentle O to the Habibi song
The way the bounce comes up from your calf
to your whole body in the zydeco line dance.
Your deep skill and creativity
That breaks through
In a public park at 8 am on Saturdays.
You allow my creaky joints to loose
Allow us to move with a little bit of abandon
A tiny hint, a showing, of the way we (but you most of all) are really wild and free.
“I had a whole career before this, but then this lady was telling me that my workouts were the bright spot when she was going through cancer treatments”.
In Praise of an Artist
everyday artistry