we are bending our backs
over practice bars,
spinning ourselves
into vertigo,
dancing the pas de deux
of madness,
and all for what?
that ever-legendary moment
when our feathers
take flight
and our wings
finally carry us
into a perfect heaven?
(oh, you sweet girl.
you'll go mad
if you keep this up.)
i am obsessed with ballet, despite being at least fifty pounds too heavy to actually do any. sigh.