CINEMATIC MOMENT
by Susi Franco copyright 2010
She climbed out of
The chambered Nautilus of her needing
Reaching one pitifully thin arm
Up
Around the encyclopedia salesman's neck
In a moment of desperate bravado
by Susi Franco copyright 2010
She climbed out of
The chambered Nautilus of her needing
Reaching one pitifully thin arm
Up
Around the encyclopedia salesman's neck
In a moment of desperate bravado
Soon after she answered the door and invited him in.
Cellophaning, She wrapped herself around him
Murmuring "Dance with me...".
Woodenly, he allowed her
To momentarily steer him around the floor
To the waltz heard only in her head.
Poignant, he pitied her
But wooden he remained
Until shame overtook her
And she released him.
A moment of heavy silence
Fell like a dusty purple theater curtain;
She suddenly wept, sobbing from bitter humiliation,
The sole architect of her rejection.
He backed up out of
The Hoover vacuum of her embrace.
There was nowhere to go but away
And the knife edge of her pain
Wanted leaving.
Cellophaning, She wrapped herself around him
Murmuring "Dance with me...".
Woodenly, he allowed her
To momentarily steer him around the floor
To the waltz heard only in her head.
Poignant, he pitied her
But wooden he remained
Until shame overtook her
And she released him.
A moment of heavy silence
Fell like a dusty purple theater curtain;
She suddenly wept, sobbing from bitter humiliation,
The sole architect of her rejection.
He backed up out of
The Hoover vacuum of her embrace.
There was nowhere to go but away
And the knife edge of her pain
Wanted leaving.
He bowed his head to her
An archaic gesture of deference
But still he left-
As she stood hapless, in a
Sparkly red party dress
Sparkly red party dress
Hastily donned during a momentary faux bathroom run
Worn in the happy presumption of
Celebratory togetherness
Which like summer morning fog
Worn in the happy presumption of
Celebratory togetherness
Which like summer morning fog
Rapidly dissipated.
He was only selling encyclopediae.
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