This Shack

'Are we human, or are we dancers?'
- from 'Human' by The Killers

Dear Human
Don't go falling down in this place.
You won't want to be flat on your face
on its spit and sawdust floor.

You do know,
that on the other side of its door,
there's a swamp with alligators in it?
They'd have your leg off in under a minute.

That would
hamper your dancing.
Though with prosthetics,
nothing is impossible these days.

But if they feast
on more than just one limb?
Well, dancing would be really difficult.
Though I'm sure you'd do your best.

But we,
understanding souls that we are,
wouldn't expect too much
and would sympathise should you fall.

You are only human, after all.