theatre
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for you i’d want
for you i’d wantthe early morning still blackfacedfrom the night before to enterin through the window upstage centerthe window that’s east facedor have the sun riseor have the morning light makean entrance into the day through that window with layersof makeup and powder on its face to brightenthe stage and with rouge and lipstick and… Continue reading
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there
thereon the green stage of that leaf that’sa thespian breath in the costume of a ladybug see itdon’t disturb it’sa breath in a costume too smallfor a pregnancy lookwith short legs the round boat of spots it wears is rowedslowly up the leaf watchi’ve watched costumes that colour and with spots like that paddled to… Continue reading
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we watched
we watchedthat starless moonless horizon riseup like a curtainthe slow fade of the night i’d have rather watched the slow dawn from the preshow dark in the theatrewe watched the slow daybreak go up the plain as a stage revealeda set furnishedacross with chevaux de frise 1 with a few trees their historiestheir futures in… Continue reading
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