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Flat Dancing

Flat Dancing

Among the Stars...

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Whimsical yellow stick figure representing M.A. Hastings dancing in the midst of a galaxy of white stars against a deep blue and turquoise sky.  Her legs are bowed outward and bent at the knees. Both arms are extended out from her curved torso and slightly bent in an upwards dance move.  The broad grin on her face reflects joy as she dances among the stars.
M.A. flat dancing among the stars

Flat Dancing

Since two bones of my back

have gotten 

off their track

this poem’s writing

comes from flat 

on my back

A heating pad has been helping

to reduce all my yelping

Bent knees

my prop for 

yellow pad

Ignoring DC’s suggest

to flip flop 

heat with ice packs

An idea 

I surmised as

chillingly bad

at best.

Ceiling White, in flat

transfo…

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