<dove's "fox trot fridays">
2004-05-30.1:08 a.m.
Fox Trot Fridays Rita Dove Thank the stars there's a day each week to tuck in the grief, lift your pearls, and stride brush stride quick-quick with a heel-ball-toe. Smooth as Nat King Cole's slow satin smile, easy as taking one day at a time: one man and one woman, rib to rib, with no heartbreak in sight-- just the sweep of Paradise and the space of a song to count all the wonders in it.
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