Short Playbill Poems

Locked 

within

memories 

of happy times.

Fun we had that night 

Bought a new cell phone, hate

wearing new pair bi focals. 

broke a pencil signing name on

a playbill for" Tarzan of the Apes"

Dated Eighth September Twenty  0 One



"Used Cell Phone, Pair bi focals,broken pencil,a playbill dated 8 Sept 2001."...

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Evil’s Bookends


Sept 8, 2001, 7:30PM
The limo arrives
the concierge opens the doors
to a clear cool night in the city,
a first Broadway Play.
A cell phone call, a Playbill
tucked between a broken pencil
and a pair of bifocals.

Sept 12, 2001, 10:35AM
Sirens blare
amid grey-white ash.
A cell phone rings,
torn Playbill flaps.
Broken pencil,
sightless glasses,
crushed in the grip
of mindless madness.



9/30/2014
Submitted for Craig Cornish
Chopped – Poetry Contest...

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