Do Not Dance

Don’t dance:
The rule that bound a good woman.
A woman married (bound) to a man.

A man who danced…
Around tables
With any table-dancing thing
That was called less…
Of a woman
Because she was free.

Free from the seal of virginity,
She embraces her nudity:
Her liberty.

Free to be
With the men who danced…
Around tables
Around her tables
As she chose her next conquest,
The men conquered her:
Making her un-marriable
And setting her free.

Free from the rules:
That bound a (bad) good woman;
Bound her feet together.
Free from the rules
That were bound and unbound
By a man who danced…
Then said,
“Don’t dance.”
Don’t dance