Zumba Pantoumba
By Leslie M. Bailey
Once a
week I exercise
By
dancing to a Latin beat
It’s
good for me, I realize
To
swing my arms and move my feet
While
dancing to a Latin beat
With
head and shoulders, knees and toes
I
swing my arms and move my feet
I start
to sweat, my body glows
With
head and shoulders, knees and toes
I
slide, then jump, and “gracefully” turn
I
start to sweat and my body glows
The
moves are hot, the calories burn
We
slide, then jump, and gracefully turn
We
dance in step like sexy soldiers
The
moves are hot, the calories burn
We shake
our booty and shimmy our shoulders
In a Rockettes
row, like sexy soldiers
My
heart beats at an increased rate
We
shake our booty and shimmy our shoulders
Although
I’m always one beat late
My
heart beats at an increased rate
As I
mimic the moves, left-handed
That’s
why I’m always one beat late
Oh no,
I think I’m stranded
The
class turns right, but I’m left-handed
--no
Ginger Rogers or Fred Astaire
I look
so silly. I think I’m stranded
I just
don’t have the Latin flair
I
channel some Rogers and Astaire
‘Cause
sitting won’t be my demise!
So
what if I don’t have a Latin flair?
Looking
foolish beats death, I surmise
I
worry that sitting will be my demise
So I Zumba
-- it's trademarked, you bet
Looking
foolish beats death, I wisely surmise
But
the value is all in the sweat
So I
Zumba – it’s trademarked, don’t forget
It’s fun, and I do realize
It won’t
mean a thing unless I sweat
during my weekly exercise
A
Pantoum is a poetry form where, among other rules, the 2nd and 4th
lines of each stanza are repeated as the 1st and 3rd
lines of the following stanza. The poem ends by repeating, in reverse, the 1st
and 3rd lines of the first stanza, so that the poem begins and ends
with the same line.
Zumba®
is an awesome exercise program held at View. Right now, it is offered on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
--Leslie
Bailey, View staff
