the last two stanzas are edgy, slightly paranoid - I love the theatre
analogy.
My only worry is the pudgy dog - after that it is hard to believe that the
bloke lacks a 'shown self'
P-P
>From: cara may <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New sub:Dramatis Persona
>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:55:11 +0000
>
>-- Dramatis Persona
>
>
>
> I see the pet dog first
> He noses and waddles
> Then his master follows
> 'You've cut it fine again' he chides
> I laugh, agree
> 'He's been chasing rabbits'
> he says, as before and before
> 'Only he's getting too old and too slow
> Had a good day though'
>
> I've been here
> in this gaunt one-time quarry
> on my own, off-loading
> garden refuse into the skip
> marked 'This one and no other'
>
> I'm back in my car now
> my wary eyes upon
> this man without a shown self
> who may suddenly opt to play
> victim, rogue or villain
> or who knows which of the Humours
> on the stage
> of this lonely amphitheatre
>
> I smile and thank
> through the open window
> slide away
> from any possible performance
> two minutes to spare
> before his closing time
>
>
>
>cara january 2002
>
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