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!” he exclaimed.
***
“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 will say
this much for him —
I may not have liked him,
but the guy knew what was good.
.
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Cheers, s.h.
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I liked it very much!
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My friend, Camille Saint-Saëns, would like to know if you performed the “Danse macabre.” If not, then you committed a grave error.
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As usual, i blame the diabolus in musica!
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Hilarious! At least your enemy gave credit where it was due. :D
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I once offered him an olive branch, but he only chased me around the room with it.
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:D
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Grave dancing…! Love it! Sounds like me! 🙂
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I knew there had to be more out there some-where! Cheers, t
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Haha! Good one.
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Thanks, sadje
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You’re welcome 😉
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Tref—usually your posts are uplifting. I dunno, this one was so grave in tone.
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But Pam there is dancing! Dancing! Dancing, Pam!
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As Tref exclaimed his joy for dancing he suddenly realized he had one foot in the grave. Or was that six feet?
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Mostly just a poppin’ n’ lockin’, Pam.
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Your knees or is that a descriptive of your dance step?
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I can’t dance. Two left feet . . . and, er, two right feet. Well done, tref.
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Or, you have the regular left and right foot except the left is on the right, and vice versa.
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Thank you, dbb2.
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Excellent grave dancing. Love the photo too :)
My enemy was a plumber. When he died I did a tap dance on his grave.
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I assume it was a clog dance. Thanks, vta.
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Dance like somebody is watching.
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… and recording it on their phone! Thanks, n
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Beat that Fred Astair and Ginger!
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Exactly my thought! Thanks, janny
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I’m so glad he appreciated your efforts.
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Me, too. The dead are usually such haters.
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The sound of one hand clapping?
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or, one skeleton hand, more specifically
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Lovely
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Thank you, Byung
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THE DREAM CORRIDOR / A DANCER IN SLOW MOTION / ENGRAVING BY TREF
Haiku inspired by the engraving titled ‘Promoted Ad’.
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Cheers, CeS
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Hehe. The ending is sublime. This was delightful!!
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Thank you, mother winterborn!
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You gotta give a guy his due.
Nice action shot tref.
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Thank you, cbh
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Haha ! Great post
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Thank you, nk, that is nice of you to say.
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EXCELLENT!
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Thank you, double-naught individual!
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Hee hee! Just what I needed for a Monday morning.
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Thank you very much, JL
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To know this blog is to love it. yes, there are a few people that I would dance on their graves, some for fun and some out of spite.
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Thanks, Henry. Your words made my day
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That makes me happy too!
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Man,do you have ideas? GREAT!!
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