Tripping the Light Fantastic

HEAD DOODLING BACK

Robson Street is so fantastic.

It always makes me want to skip.

And kick my heels up -

For a bit.

Nothing drastic - or gymnastic.

Just a Trip-

The-Light

Fantastic.

Then again -

I'm rather spastic.

And really could

Just up and trip.

At my age, I could break a hip.

notes:  Robson is Vancouver's most famous shopping street set in the heart of downtown Vancouver.  Great for people watching, coffee sipping and just about anything else.  At night, the street comes alive with buskers and performers. 

"Tripping the Light Fantastic" means to dance nimbly or lightly.  It is generally attributed to Milton's poem L'Allegro, but a similar phase was used by Shakespeare in The Tempest.  It became popular in the song Sidewalks of New York in 1894.  And in 1967 the group Procol Harum included a play on the phrase in their song Whiter Shade of Pale:  we skipped the light fantango.

photo:  Robson Street Banner - W. Bourke  

© 2012 Wendy Bourke