The dancer

I told my enemy,

Alexamenos, that if

I should out-live

him, I would dance on

his grave.

***

“Over my dead body you’ll dance!”

said Alexamenos.

***

“Exactly,” I responded.

***

And, lo! I out-lived him.

And I danced on his grave.

Dear reader you have never

seen such

graceful grave dancing.

***

But here is the strange part.

***

For when I had

finished dancing.

I swear to you —

I thought I heard

muted applause!

***

And that was

when something

occurred to me —

***

That in the end,

I may not have

liked him,

but the guy knew

what was good.

.


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