Dance Floor Wonder, Wow!

   Dance Floor Wonder, Wow!

Canaveral in the 1920s stood

For ultra boondocks-ness.  A band made up

Of ukulele and a shiny wood

Guitar and small accordion played up

For tiny audiences in the hall.

Still, people simply have to make do with

The stuff to hand.  But then a very tall

And muscled man did better than Greek myth.

He hauled a short and very, very fat

Dance partner all around the floor in waltz.

She waddled.  Somehow they didn’t go splat.

He twirled her around sans any faults.

  A place of miracles the Cape turned out

    To be because of swirling, ultra stout.

Phillip Whidden