Clogging in The Hills

Stomp stomp clap—

The porch slats bounce under

stomp stomp clap,

Under heel toe step,

Under double step stomp,

Rock step rock step

Over rock bed coal,

And rock shale gas—

Stomp stomp clap

Rock step rock step.

Rocky top dance,

Heel step toe step,

Mountain top strip,

Triple step, now turn

Back to the time

Of immigrant boots

On chestnut floors

In ramshackle shacks. 

Stomp brush up

That hillbilly talk,

Heel step toe step

One loud sound:

Dynamite blast

And mine shaft leak—

Toe step, dipped

In blood orange creeks.

— Patricia Thrushart