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La Belle Epoque, a poem by J. Salmon October 20, 2002 New York, NY

every Friday evening

the tiled floor

the dancing feet

the shy glances

and eyes that meet

an invitation

to the dance

a brief connection

it cannot last

if he is brave

and takes a chance

do not forget

the necessary detail

of romance

a starched white collar

a kohl lined eye

red pointed shoes

a lover's lie

in the dim glow

of the frosted, fluted lamp

he executes

a lover's dance

a flawless enrosque

tight as leather

stretched over a lathe

an ocho, a figure eight

Pugliese knows the time

It is early!

No, it is late!

the wistful poet

the weary milonguero

one more dance

one more boleo

La milonga

for you I live

a happy tango

my corazon, my heart

I give!