The Tango

 

Blue smoke swirled about the dance floor

as couples moved with dramatic ease

a dance of arrogance with serious intent

An orchestra played to a staccato beat

in a sultry moonlit night

Determined steps paved their way

to left and right, sudden turns askance

a combined spirit of music and dance boldly linked

There seemd to be no background or foreground

no beginning or end

only dancers in passionate mode

driven by a rythmn composed only for 

the heat of the night

The Milonga gave way to the Cumprasita

some maintaining their place with no thought of respite

To this methodical beat the music would penetrate

and last the whole night

Seldom a smile or flicker of emotion

as the army of dancers

promenaded the floor

to honour the smoked filled

velvet of the night