the peppermint twist

i like to dance,

she tells me. it's my creative

outlet.

it gets my juices going.

i just love to dance.

i can do all the dances.

name a dance

and i'll tell you if i know

it or not.

the limbo,

i tell her.

that's not a dance.

yes it is, i tell her.

they even made a song about

it.

no, she says a real

dance.

okay, what about the twist.

can you do the twist.

the peppermint twist?

it goes like this, i stand

up and demonstrate 

knocking over a lamp

and a potted plant.