We signal our role through the embrace we take,
Leader’s left hand meets follower’s right.
Asymmetry, when partners face, gives explicit display to implicit norms.
The rules of our role go unnoticed and things unnoticed go unquestioned.
Mirrors on the wall to show us how we look,
A decoration seldom appreciated by social dancers.
But mirrors don’t just show who we are; they reveal who we could be.
We see the same moves, the same you, but with an important change.
The embrace flips as though the roles were switched.
We think the way things are is the way things should be.
But this switch happens naturally,
An image of life’s many possibilities.