"Dance Critic Cut"

Dance Critic Cut

 

Dismissed, in a retrograde move.

Fall without recovery.

 

Dance is a mirror–– 

pointing to motifs.

 

Choreographies grapple

with headlines, staged and restaged.

 

The Washington Post disposing

of a vital limb of its body.

 

Out of step, out of steps.

The wrong tempo, the worst time.

 

Neurons of narratives quelled.

A paper without poise.

 

~LCMH

 

 

*December 1, 2022, “Washington Post lays off Pulitzer-winning dance critic in spate of cuts“