I have a weird thing with the hokey pokey where I think it’s kind of like a simple explanation of existentialism.

“You put your whole self in” this is when you are engaged with the world, not just observing it but actively being a part of it.

“You take your whole self out” this is when you are just observing the world and making yourself separate from the world itself.

“You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself about, and that’s what it’s all about” Despite the knowledge gained from being able to be a part of and yet separate from the world, the knowledge is meaningless and useless nonsense where the best you can do is try based on that nonsense and nothing ever goes to plan, and then you look back on the past you can’t fathom why you thought you had any understanding of how shit was going to unfold. And that’s what it’s all about, just some wild, mostly nonsensical ride through time where you do the best you can and many, many times the best you can results in incomprehensible results.

I may be reading too much into though.