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DREAM SKATER
JUST BEING ON SKATES, MADE MY HEART SING
ROLLER AND ICE SKATING WAS MY THING
I STARTED WHEN I WAS FIVE OR SIX
AND LEARNED TO SPIN AND DO AXLES AND TRICKS
DANCED THE WALTZ THE TWOSTEP AND SHOTTISH TOO
DIDTHE SPLITS AND CARTWHEELS ON THE ICE IT'S TRUE
I WOULD'NT TAKE MY SKATES OFF, EVEN TO EAT
SOON AS I COULD I WAS BACK ON THE STREET
IT WAS MADE OF ASPHALT AND SMOOTH AS ICE
FOR ROLLERSKATING IT WAS SO NICE.
WHEN I GOT OLDER ,WE'D GO TO THE ARENA
AND SKATE TO THE MUSIC ,LIKE A BALLERINA
IT WAS MY WHOLE LIFE AT THAT TIME FOR ME
IT MADE ME HAPPY AND FANCY FREE
EVENTUALLY I MARRIED, A MAN WHO COULD SKATE
HE HAD WORKED AT A RINK IN OHIO STATE
HE WAS GOOD ON HIS FEET BUT SKATED STRAIGHT
WHEN THE SKATES WERE OFF ,HIS DANCING WAS GREAT
HE NEVER ONCE ASKED ME TO GIVE UP MY DREAM
BUT I HUNG UP MY SKATES AND DREAMS OF GLORY
I LOVED HIM THAT MUCH--- END OF MY STORY
Copyright © Shirley Sasek
2010
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