May Apogee

May 1st, 2013

Preparing for the dance;
the awkward and angry,
the uncertain and excited.

A downtown dance floor,
a venue of avenues
and commerce.

Clad in black,
geared-up in blue...
full of doubt, and passion.

Protest signs raised high
great the outstretched reach
of the slender baton.

Like eager parents
the assembled lenses
wait to consume every drop.

Now comes the stilted violence
and hostile spit of language
tossed like spears in battle.

364 days since the last dance
and neither side
has learned any new moves.

Apogee in action.