The Florida Keys: a coral archipelago

En pointe

For hours we would try to master the Viennese Waltz

come Sunday we found ourselves lullingly doing the

tow-step behind closed blinds; the record always

skipped in the same place but neither of us ever

budged to fix it, we’d  much rather pointe ballet.

It reminded us of girl we used to know-

she would walk around life on the tips of her toes;

almost rapturous and her head always high

when we questioned her as to why anyone

would do such a painful thing she’d say:

 “just trying to catch the Mandjet and sail away.”