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The Dancer
…….(written while viewing “The Dancer,” a painting by Elaine Croce Happnie)
She is mesmerizing
flying in the air with the music,
ignoring gravity.
What is she thinking?
Thoughts not dressed in words
flow freely,
unrestricted and uncensored.
It’s a private dance
we dance
to the music of the mind.
We want music to be light, merry
to push away the medieval saraband
we try to stop the iron sounds,
wishing all thoughts around
to dance to the rhythm of the valse.
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Zoya Gargova is a Bulgarian-born molecular biologist whose research is focused on elucidating the mechanisms and pathways that lead to cancer. She has had a collection of poetry published in Bulgaria, and is a lifelong lover of classical music. She lives in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Elaine Croce Happnie is a mixed media artist whose work has been shown in select solo and group exhibitions in New York, Boston, and Fort Myers, Florida.
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Listen to Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Jazz Suite No. 1, Op. 38a: III. Foxtrot” as performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. [Kontor New Media]
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