a poem by michael ondaatje.
"An elimination dance begins with a crowded dance floor. At a signal, the band stops playing and the announcer reads an elimination... Any dancer answering this description must sit down, and their partner is also disqualified. The process continues until a single couple remains."
ps: this reads in chronological order, and is complete
Anyone who has been hired as a ‘professional beater’ and frightened grouse in the direction of the Queen Mother
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