Line Dance Sheroes

Here’s to you,
you marvellous mouseketeers of the dance floor,
you line dance sheroes.
Like schoolgirls going to prom,
you brim with excitement and passion
for the next weekend workshop,
the upcoming demo in the mall,
or this week’s weekday class.
You,
who sport club names on neatly pressed t-shirts,
make your own costumes,
and wear giddy gleaming smiles.
Here’s to you
who learn thousands of steps for hundreds of songs,
tote binders,
carry phones loaded with music,
and who spend spare time
watching videos and counting steps,
all between meals or work,
tending grandkids or dogs,
or playing golf or tennis.
Here’s to you
who join with others
to dance hours on end,
persisting with strength and stamina,
through fair weather and foul,
advantage and adversity,
and heart break and happiness,
coaxing aching bodies
with heating pads, ice packs, and Advil
to be young again.
Here’s to you,
you wonder women of the dance floor.

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