introduction to lindy hop

i have charlestoned all over the place
but curiously
not in charleston
i have run the gamut of
step ball change
and slides and bourees of sorts
i have spun and skipped
(and fell and tripped)
in shoes of various kinds
but long years pass
and bones grow old
and feet no longer glide
but the beat goes on
and we tap along
until the combinations
flow like a mother tongue