Frilly Pleats and Blokes
When Greek men dance in unison, their shoes
Don’t dance like chorus girls’. Men’s feet,
Too large for pretty grace, are like drunk crews
Of slack-foot sailors. Men ignore the neat
And opt for strength. Approximate stomping
Will do. This rule holds true when wearing skirts;
Such men require their legs to go clomping
In fustenellas and kilts. More like blurts
Than whispers on the ballet stage, men’s steps
In dance are out of sway, just slightly. No
Astaire for them. They’d rather look like manly schleps.
They’re partnering not Ginger but their bro.
..They might wear little vests with glinting gold
….But what they want is tromping, black and bold.