Calling the Black

As the curtain
falls to pool,
a silent reverie
falls to ground


Amputated in
thralls hold,
the bereft 
wandered
in Netherlands,
subsisting
on remembered be-fores,
spotlights and sweat-ed
applause


‘Break a leg’
is what they say
but diminished spirits
from crushing critics
ever smashing 
to review,
all hope,
dashed
and newspapers
flutter on fences,
cruel proclamations
and opinions
now today’s
garbage,
remembering
ones discontent


Ringing from cords
while lungs grasp for air,
and in the rapture 
of feeling
is the glamour, 
of one string 
feathering to vibrate,
all dimensions 
of time


In claps of applause
are leads of rapture,
now connected,
the universes 
symphony
starts transmitting


Black curtains
in time,
opened to infinity 
and applause
reverberated,
in One
kettle 
drum
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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