goes out to all those who,

with the utmost poise and good humor,

brought me to life in my opening debut.

I’m not blowing smoke when I say

they truly were the best of dance partners,

keeping me steady,

giving me not one,

but two legs to stand on

as I lurched and wobbled,

and

giving me voice,

as I

blurbled and blabbed,

as an art, official gasbag of authority

on my way into this party.

A big shout of

“Hey!’

to

Sharon, Craig and David

and the entire team at

Robots and Cupcakes

!