Slipping away

The legs do all the prancing.
I hop and skip and jump and run
The legs do all the prancing
I twirl in glee and gurgle and laugh
While the legs do all the prancing

They learnt to jump when I was little
They learnt to fall when I was older
They learnt to be steady as the years progressed
Now the legs do all the prancing

Once I fell while dancing
But rose
For the legs do all the prancing
Once I faltered in a step
While the legs did their prancing
Twice I swayed but didn’t stop
For the legs did all the prancing

And now the prancing is slowing down
As the legs grow weary
And I’m sleepy
And the legs don’t prance now
But once the legs did all the prancing.



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