BRENT KININMONT

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Figuring It Out

Hana and Hikari misread
the ballet teacher's
hips — the hub
of four limbs reaching
for arabesque. Still,
Hikari is poised
to figure it out.
Her mum and dad,
somebody tells me,
teach boring dancing.
Ballroom dancing?
That's what I said.

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