Musical Comedy by Mike Orlock

Musical Comedy
by
Mike Orlock

If you’ll be Ginger Rogers

I will strive for Fred Astaire,

we’ll dance across a polished floor

in resplendent evening wear.

Your dress will be the cream

in the coffee of my tux;

we’ll swirl in dizzy circles

in a dervish state of flux—

Our every move rehearsed

in choreographed design,

our every smile scripted

in the singing of our lines.

All eyes will be upon us

in that moment we all seek,

when life is just as perfect

as two people cheek to cheek.

Mike Orlock is a retired high school English and American History teacher who divides his time between the Chicago suburbs and a vacation home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He has been married for 49 years to his high school sweetheart and inspiration, Liz, and greatly enjoys being grandfather to five beautiful granddaughters who keep him, he says, "jumping like a frog on a hot skillet." Mike's short stories, poems, and reviews have appeared in a variety of publications and he was Poet Laureate of Door County, Wisconsin from 2021 - 2023. Mike's latest book is Toes, Toads, Tulips & Turtles, released in fall of 2023.

raindame9:
Great fun and it brings 'em all back. Helen P.
Posted 01/27/2013 10:49 PM

erinsnana:
Love this!
Posted 01/26/2013 02:24 PM

nancy scott:
Some enchanted evening.
Posted 01/26/2013 01:52 PM

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