Thursday, December 02, 2004
contest
Jeff Brechlin of Potomac Falls, VA recently won the Washington Post Style Invitational contest that asked readers to submit "instructions" for something written in the style of a famous person. Jeff's entry was 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 Heaven's yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke--banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about."
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As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
