Shoe-polished white, still dressed with big green tassels for show
Braided silver sateen uniform
Short skirt, boots, and baton
Poised and confident and smile
Twirl, turn, and toss - the stuff head majorettes are made of.
Pride of the BA Cougar Band march
Steps out front of the home-side crowd
Leads first in line in a parade.
We hold our breath as in a circus trapeze act, when she tosses her baton up
I'm sure it's lost in the stadium lights like a high punt,
Yet falls as if magnetic back into her waiting wrist with only a slight twist.
I wonder...of long-forgotten dance routines, now,
She probably still knows how to give it a twirl--
You don't unlearn what becomes an important part of you.
She keeps her baton just in case
But, I have them boots.
