Baubo’s Dance

Between my legs there is a mind
Before before and after after.

Join me here and you will find
Root and roar and wild laughter.

Join me here and we’ll learn blind.
Faster.  Slower.  Slower. Faster.

Faster.  Slower. Slower. Faster.
Long before and after after,

Join me here and you will find
Root and roar and wild laughter.

Join me here in the unwinding—
Faster.  Slower.  Slower. Faster.

Spin with me—  and Spin with me—
and Spin with me and you will find

Between my legs there is a mind
Before before and after after.

 

First published in Hobart Journal

 

Annie Finch Poems Spiral witch Baubo’s Dance