Ballerina

I am a beefy construction worker

I stand at six foot eight

I’m built like a brick shithouse

300 pounds is my weight

I love working construction

I work the high rise

Welding all the steel together

Raising buildings to the sky

I love to view the city

From a thousand feet in the air

Like King Kong resting on clouds

I really don’t have a care

But as much as I love welding

It’s been so good to me

I’ve always had this secret dream

Of what I want to be

And you might think it’s silly

Buuuuutttttttt

I want to be a Ballerina

And prance about the stage

Dancing on my tippy toes

Acting out some romantic play

I want to wear a tutu

I’ll even shave my chest

My legs will be waxed silky smooth

So my tights will look their best

I want to wear those flat toe slippers

With a bow tied in the front

I’ll even wear a jock strap

To keep in place my junk

Prancin’, dancin’, leapin’ in the air

Twirlin’, swirlin’, spinnin’ all around

Leapin’, creepin’, all across the stage

Ashes to ashes, we all fall down

I want to pose the attitude

With one leg in the air

I want to do a plié

So I can jump up there

I don’t know if I can tendu

Or sur le cou-de- pied

I think I can do a frappe

If I really tried

I practice doing releve

Upon the buildings tall

But damned if I’m doing a demi-pointe

That would surely make me fall

Prancin’, dancin’, leapin’ in the air

Twirlin’, swirlin’, spinnin’ all around

Leapin’, creepin’, all across the stage

Ashes to ashes, we all fall down

July 29, 2013