A Valentine In August

I’d like to dance with you right now
awhirl you in my arms 
do the dance we did so well
hug you ever closer
the dance we did before
I’d like to dance with you right now
and hug you ever closer
though you would not feel the swell
we’d dance in step together
never far apart
closer than we’ve ever been
not pricked or poked apart
just dancing in my arms again
along with this refrain
there’s no tool like an old fool
if you raise your leg to the bar


Richard M Russell © Dick Russell
                  August 2022