Taxi Dancer Wanda

Taxi dancer Wanda
sings through ragged hips
that old crowd pleaser

her sensuous, forgotten child
morphs to oblivious flirt
her cool sway teaser

(elegant and swizzled
nature) flows and turns her
playful screws on nimble feet

Her loosened Henna hair
stirs her rising flame
and ignites his inner heat

These lazy Basie waltzes
evoke the starry spots
where all her wiles flaunt her

and his lonely taxi ticket
marked “good for single dance”
eternally makes him want her

Randy Hurst