Kitchen Dance

Two steps to the left,

arm up.

Pause.

Two steps to the right,

arm down.

Pause.

Twirl to the left again.

This time, it's a curtsy

as I bend to open the freezer.

I pause, grab the cargo,

and without thinking,

its back to the left

with one foot

then the other. 

My other arm extends

and finds something else

that's needed.

Another twirl,

perhaps a pirouette

The steps of this kitchen dance

aren't pretty or alluring.

More function than fancy.

Nancy, the dance teacher,

would not approve.