Old women dancing

I’ve dedicated the dance of the day to my friend who just turned 92 and has a brand new hip. Nothing fancy, just flinging myself around. Most of us old women dancing do it in secret, some of us only dance with our minds or a couple of body parts but trust me, we old women are dancing in our 60s, 70s, 80s and (surely) 90s. Zaz sings Je Veux, irresistible.

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Happy hip-day!

Originally written for Jan Bolwell who leads the Crows Feet Dance Collective of young and old women dancing in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

The hip op was tip-top.
Soon you will hip-hop
and high kick and flip-flop—
not just in your brain.

Last week you sat
like a marionette.
Now you are back
in motion again.

Gone is the duck walk
the bald, worn out bone.
Posies and pirouettes!
Gone is the pain.

Hip hip hooray
for the hip of the day!

rachel mcalpine (I get so sick of typing Capital M small c Big A little lpine)