Photo provided by Phyllis Stokes
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper announces the tentative opening of the Phyllis School of Impromptu Dance and Acrobatics after her recent spectacular demonstration.
It began as Phyllis was pivoting with a handful of books, whereupon she executed a partial reverse rotation, stepped off-balance past the coffee table and then dove headfirst through the narrow opening between the keeper’s recliner and the couch to land face down, smashing a Kleenex box and ending up in that area of the carpeting most often needing crumb pickup from the keeper’s casual snacking.
While Phyllis’s performance might have been labeled as a common in-house “fall” such things are not permitted in the age group where she and the keeper reside. In fact, the fear of falling and the complications it can lead to is an unpleasant constant for the keeper and Phyllis’s crowd and so falls are not permitted.
Phyllis, who was once into square dancing, may find that experience useful as she gets her balance and acrobatic school up and–not running but walking, with the aid of balance devices like walkers and canes.
The morning-after finds Phyllis with only a slightly bruised elbow and otherwise unaffected by her “performance.” The keeper meanwhile is curious about “Do-si-do,” which calls for partnership participation in a prescribed move.
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