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49 words for Liz Lerman by Steven Leyva:

Vox Populi
Center of gravity. Hip here,
hand at the waist. Simple relevé and…
all life’s that way, no? Move and keep
moving. A dance we must dance
to the end…with good company, in public.
There used to be bread lines
straight as dancers waist. Hip
here, arm outstretched against forgetting.