Light - A Journal of Photography & Poetry 05 | Reflection[s] | Page 10

ELSPETH LAIRD | Ode to the Sapphire
Sitting on the floor, the walls on verge
to illuminate a band
to whom no one is dancing
Two child-men shove each other playfully, for a bit,
then separate and grin as they split to opposite sides.
A vacant-eyed girl perches on the cheap carpet
which she rubs with her shoeless feet.
An ashtray rests between the symmetrical lines
of her crossed corduroyed legs.
The walls! They slide towards each other
to the burst of cranky poorly-lit sound.
Pounding bass forces its right of way.
The smoky silence
of angry teenagers scowling
Punctuates the empty wood floor.
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ERICA THOSTESEN | Untitled