if it takes 2 to tango
what happens when 1
detaches
drifts from dancer
to audience
watches
her partner
ply
those set patterns
of basic outside partner
forward 1-2-3 then slide
leading himself
that tango
no longer suggestive
but set
& singular
Susan Daniels Poetry 
to become an observer in one’s life is a sad state, but often times allows us the ability to see what we have been trying not to. sad but necessary and hopefully a productive time spent in the audience. perhaps a different dance or a different dance partner. we all must, at some point, do the same. thanks for the lesson on being honest with ourselves susan. 🙂
Thanks so much, Rhonda. To be in some way an observer in one’s life is something I think we all do, but I would much rather be living it than observing it.
A detaching might provide brief insight, but as a way of existence, it’s poignant, and I feel it in the words you wrote.
Yes, a bit sad–could not live like that for long, without changes being made.
I really like the ending – set singular
Thanks, Ian–wanted to express both strangeness and flying solo at once–love that we can do that sometimes with this language of ours 🙂
There is power in that detachment. I like how “leading himself” is its own stanza – very effective.
Richard
Thanks much. Tried some new things here, and they seem to have worked 🙂