Monday, Apr. 28, 2003 | 1:48 PM

I really wish I could sing at work. I often have the incredible compulsion to burst into song, and it takes enormous will to stop myself. Sometimes, especially lately, on the street or walking down the hall, a song will just slip out unintentionally. As I stated earlier, having gotten in touch with my impulses makes the workaday world far less tolerable.

That�s why I love musicals. The idea that people would just suddenly sing makes perfect sense to me. In a perfect universe, life would be like that. How much more specifically could I make my feelings known than through music?

And I think it would be just fantastic if people started dancing on the spot as well. I bust into the Time step any time I can, especially in a subway car late at night if it�s empty, and of course if I�m drunk. I have a tendency to tap dance (badly) while intoxicated. And while I�m doing it I feel just as graceful as Eleanor Powell.