Flute Fairy Dancing Under Poinsettias watercolor, J.m.frase-White 2024 Gypsy Boy O that silly dancing Gypsy Boy Fell into a pot of grease Some say it smoothed his step Other said it meant he was deceased Somehow still the steps bounce on The rest of us see it as a laugh As if he’s just taken a funny A swinging tap step and a bath So that is how the passing child Sways into the adolescent mold Looking for someone to love To impress, embrace kissing bold For indeed love flashes forth Like the arrow from Cupid’s bow And on those wiggling dance feet That Gypsy Boy’s light begins to glow Indeed the heart shines A balloon above his smiling head And you know that greasy child Is far, so far, not at all is he dead That pot of grease is just glue That smooths heart and mind alive Indeed it fills his soul and body With Glorious happy teenage jive “Gypsy Boy” ©James M. Frase-White 13 July 2025