Danse Russe If I when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc in silken mists above shining trees, -- if I in my north room dance naked, grotesquely before my mirror waving my shirt round my head and singing softly to myself: "I am lonely, lonely. I was born to be lonely, I am best so! " If I admire my arms, my face, my shoulders, flanks, buttocks against the yellow drawn shades, -- Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household? . William Carlos Williams
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In "Danse Russe," the poet Robert Frost is saying that when you are enjoying a family together, you can enjoy yourself and be happy. You don't have to worry about anyone else's feelings, or how they will react to what you are doing. You can just be yourself and dance around in your underwear, or whatever you want to do. There is no reason why you should not be happy.

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