Tranquility Break: The Hokey Pokey, According To Shakespeare

Robert:

Sent by my daughter "Heidelberg Hadley" Barth.

The Washington Post Style Invitational contest asked readers to submit "instructions" for something (anything), but written in the style of a famous person. The winning entry was instructions for how to do The Hokey Pokey (as written by William Shakespeare).


O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.
-- by "William Shakespeare"

Written by Jeff Brechlin, Potomac Falls, Maryland