6300 Gratitude
She extends her walker for another step. Her companion
bounces around her, looking for opportunity
to be of service -- he thinks he's being helpful.
He does stay with her, this gives him some impunity
from her irritation, but he moves with such abandon
she stumbles. Still, his presence makes her grateful.

4300 Dance
It is fashionable these days to consider nurture and nature
as the ultimate cause of behavior. It all seems determined
with no room for suddenly deciding to take a vacation in France.
But joy's interstitial, in moments and spaces, even the worm and
the sperm can swerve quantum. The nomenclature
escapes me but the message is clear: when it feels right, dance.