[Tango-L] Smoking section at a milonga in Buenos Aires

[Gibson Batch]

Dear Listos,

I wrote this little bit after a Tango-L thread about milonguero from Janice 
and others several months ago.  I was waiting for the right moment to share 
it with you all....and with these last few postings, I feel its time has 
come.

What is it about tango that has such a lifelong appeal to us all?

This is 'only' my 5th year of dancing tango, but I enjoy it as much as ever. 
  None of my other 15-or-so hobbies or interests have lasted half this long.

Gibson
Minneapolis




Milonguero
Gibson Batch

The man can barely walk-
Knees shake, hips weak-
But he can dance.

He dances with the beautiful women,
The young and old,
With strangers and
Friends of decades.

He dances the tango with warmth,
With awe a child,
And mastery of a pianist,
With humility and posture,
Gentleness and constancy.

Taking quiet satisfaction
>From the misty-eyed smile
Of his dancing companion,
He escorts her to her chair,
Then picking up his cane
And his hat,
He leaves.

There is no greater way to live.
There is no greater way to die.

Milongero

The man can barely walk-
Knees shake, hips weak-
But he can dance.

He dances with the beautiful women,
The young and old,
With strangers and
Friends of decades.

He dances the tango with warmth,
With awe a child,
And mastery of a pianist,
With humility and posture,
Gentleness and constancy.

Taking quiet satisfaction
>From the misty-eyed smile
Of his dancing companion,
He escorts her to her chair,
Then picking up his cane
And his hat,
He leaves.

There is no greater way to live.
There is no greater way to die.

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