The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 10/17/2008)

[RetroLounge]

Angle of Incidence

The windows on the long side of the railroad flat
looked out across the airshaft to those
of the next door apartment. Once she found him
sitting in the dark waiting for something
to start, as if what happened in that theater
was real and all the rest—groceries in bags
on the painted floor, the mail unopened
on the sofa—was not. He gestured to her
as a hand, braceleted and slender, raised
a white muslin shade with the circle pull,
then set out candles and silver for dinner.
And she fell down beside him, traveling
her hand up the inseam of his pants
and unbuttoning her blouse—he, watching
the other side of the glass, and she imagining
the diners across the way, unaware of what
her dark world concealed, a woman on her
knees, long hair down her naked back.

Diane Kirsten Martin

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4. Good afternoon...

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[blueraven95]

2. morning!

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5. Evening!

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Retro...

With just a few words...I am transported.

Just beautiful...

Thank you



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[YankeyMCC]

6. Whoa...well thanks again for a good one

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[Chorophyll]

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10. Good evening!

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[mokawanis]

11. yes yes

Loved it, thanks. :D

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