Cat Dancing

Dancing in the light

Cats watch from their safe spaces

Their crazy human

Sway to the music

Now observe my nimble feet

And salsa with me

Cool cat on the floor

Tango, flamenco, olé!

No lessons required

Every morning I dance around my bedroom while the cats watch in either fascination or revulsion. Sometimes I swoop in and bring one or another along on my wild pagan romp. They endure the experience with a stoicism the ancient Greeks would have admired. Here’s my actual cat, Patches, watching my dance routine:

Learning to Tango

Languid summer days
She governed the promenade
Immune to the heat


All the fellows watched
The sway of hips hypnotic
Sweet intoxicant


Heady liaisons
Held inside striped cabanas
Learning to tango