So you think you can dance? In Texas, you don’t really know how until you’ve mastered the Two-Step. That was the inspiration for Typewriter Rodeo’s Sean Petrie as he wrote this week’s poem.
Learning to Two-Step
You may think you have it
This thing called rhythm
Out there doing your hip
and your hop
Or perhaps your fancy Tango
Or whatever dance it is
That people do to rock
But until you step onto that floor
The one that’s slightly slick
Right there in the middle of the Broken Spoke
And until you hear Dale Watson
And do that quick step-then-shuffle
For the very first time
You’ll realize
Hey, all those folks gliding around
On that Broken Spoke dance floor
It’s not even a tenth as easy
As it looks
And damn
Your rhythm skills
Are right back
At step one.
