Billy Collins \"Dancing Toward Bethlehem\"
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if there was only enough time in the final minutes of the 20th century, For one last dance, I would like to be dancing it slowly with you say, in the ballroom of a seaside hotel, my palm would press into the small of your back as the past 100 years collapsed into a pile of mirrors or buttons or frivolous shoes. Just as the flow of the 19th century gave way and disappeared in a red cloud of brick dust, there will be no timeto order another drink or worry about what was never said. Not with the orchestra sliding into the sea and all our attention devoted to humming, whatever it waas they were playing. Mm mm, mm hmm.