The Big Mistake
It was a mistake
To test everything I know.
The fabric I trusted to hold
Tore.
What was left behind
Were empty rooms which led
To windows that framed women
Naked in their repose
As if their bodies were idols
To be worshipped
In temples of long dead religions
Or
as if they are a still-life in an obscure
Museum
Nowhere near
Your hometown.
some became dancers
sooner or later
unaware of
The stare coming from
the phantom audience
in a Monday afternoon club.
Their names have become letters
Floating to the bottom of a sea
With millions of other names.
Its currents will guarantee you will never return.
Copyright © Matthew Abuelo | Year Posted 2017
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