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The Polka-Dancing Bus Driver and the 40-Year-Old Mystery
Christine Lavin
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The Polka Dancing Bus Driver and the 40-Year-Old Mystery
He drives the airport express bus in Minneapolis
He plays polka music for the passengers he drives
He works Monday through Friday, the same shift every day
But it's on Saturdays and Sundays, he says, that he comes alive
"My wife and I go polka dancing every single weekend
We've developed quite a style over 37 years
We met while roller skating, pretty soon we were dating
Which of course led to mating and settling right here
Now, I am not a braggart, but I can say with pride and joy
That I've been graceful on my feet since I was a little boy
People stop and watch us dancing now, we know we must look smooth
My wife and I know by heart all of each other's moves
But one thing has always bothered me
When I was a kid, girls would never dance with me
No matter what I did
I know I wasn't handsome, and the truth is I was poor
I tried hard to be friendly, I don't think I was a bore
But all the girls that I approached simply shook their heads
I'd retreat across the dance floor and
Hang out with my buddies there instead
And soon I just stopped asking them, it was easier that way
Thank God my wife walked into the roller rink that day
Last year I went to the 40th reunion of my high school class
My wife and I danced all the dances, the slow ones and the fast
And I saw the girls, they're women now, who'd never dance with me
All those awkward feelings came back, the way it used to be
So I went right up to them, even though I was shaking all inside
And I said, "Something's really bothered me that I can no longer hide
Years ago I asked all of you to dance, and you always said no
What was it about me that you all disliked so?"
Well they stuttered and they stammered and they said
"It wasn't you
We did not know how to dance
We thought you knew
We never danced with anyone
We always felt like fools
We were perennial wallflowers all through high school"
So one by one he danced them each around the high school gym
His wife smiled as the girls awkwardly followed him
And then he took her in his arms and glided out the door
The 40-year-old mystery, a mystery no more
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