b-boy’s secret

i want to live

in the space between a

break-dancer and the floor

he dances

on

…a pocket of nothingness

strong enough to hold aloft

a body’s dreams

aches

fears

on

a

single

wisp

of breath

unpublished poem, © Toni Stuart 2017, used by permission of the author.

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