Dance by Nadine Sellers

we dance    we dance in    we dance into    the banks of ideology    where lies the liberal difference    drying under respectable sun    to fit    to fit in    To fit into    the realm of accordance    we prance in current affairs    we serpent slippery slides    maniacs flutter about beaches    flagging truths and dogma    under acceptable pressure    we swim    we swim in    We swim into    a watery trance    on the flanks of anaesthesia    where lay potential torment    we cry under responsibility    to carry the brave and the ridicule    the nasty the proud and the fool    throwing earplugs and gas masks    to the unkind sea we plunge ahead    across waves of aimless detritus    fording islands of hope and lament

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