In my attic

I found a collection of old home videos

From the previous tenant

An elderly couple that I cannot name

Most of them were beyond repair

But a few still worked

Sucked in enthusiastically by my VHS player

Grainy footage of a young couple dancing

(Cheek to Cheek)

Alive again in my mind

As Fred sings

And the couple move

Sedately

Like swans courting

And then vanish

(Like a gambler’s lucky streak)

Their dance extinguished