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The Dots’ Polka

“All dots interesting–but you say nothing about the polka. Is the rosary a sort of dance?” commented Jack Foley.

There was no reason for “polka” to be linked with “dots” except, according to Wikipedia, that the dance step was very fashionable in the mid 1800’s, and thus, might be a selling point for the new dot-pattern. “Many other products and fashions of the era also adopted the polka name.”

Just as the dots give a whimsical impression, polka’s quick and light steps bring to mind the vibrancy of life.  When I see polka dots on anything I swear they dance.

As for the rosary, active counting brings believers closer to their God. Isn’t that also a kind of dance?

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  1. When I was a child, my parents gave me dance lessons (ballroom, my father taught me tap). Soooooooooooo

    When I danced the polka
    I was not a smoka
    So my lungs were clean
    When I made that scene
    Ah, I grabbed the wife
    Of the dance instructor
    Held on for life
    As around I plucked her
    You gotta STOMP
    In that polkaromp
    But at seventy-two
    You ain’t Dan Magrew
    Now you’re just a joka
    Cannot poke or polka

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