The Dance
You tell me
you don’t want to dance—
dance with others
when I’m out—
You don’t ask me
to dance—
Kisses
come from me
Caresses
come from me
Turning away
is yours—
I catch your gaze
dancing on
breasts and bodies
out there
while your mouth
dances words
with my ear—
This dance
turns
my stomach.
Bänoo Zan is a poet, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator, with more than 120 published poems, etc., as well as two books. Song of Phoenix: Life and Works of Sylvia Plath, was reprinted in Iran in 2008. Songs of Exile, a collection of her poems, was released in 2016. A second collection, Letters to My Father, was released in January 2017 by Piquant Press in Canada. She is the founder of Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night), the most diverse poetry reading and open mic series in Toronto. It bridges the gap between poetry communities, bringing together artists from different ethnicities, nationalities, religions (or lack thereof), ages, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, poetic styles, voices and visions.
Twitter: @BanooZan
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