Sprezzatura by James Arthur

Mary

Megan

        Effortlessness, I learn again,

        means putting all opinion & mulishness aside,

    

        so when this almost-nothingness

        alights, as occasionally it must

        it lands with the padding footfall of a child ballerina

        who's terrified to be there, & hopeful,

        so that when it turns,

        fast, spinning

        as a dreidel spins, it seems to have no contours

        or definite sides,

        so that it's compact

        & can deflect any point

        & springs like laughter, for it's of the world

        & there is such a thing