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a glimpse in motion, Bill, but that 3rd line stops it for a bit; not necessary I think… Doug On 2013-09-03, at 4:08 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Avignon glimpse > > A diaphanous white curtain > wafts > as if waved by an unseen hand > revealing > wrought iron balconies > at eye level, > then > misting > bare linden trees > in the cobbled square below, > where a girl sits > sunning her legs > on a café chair, > smoking Winstons ferociously > before accepting a question > from one of two young labourers > in shorts and workboots > who has come up > behind her; > waves her hand, > mutters something in French, > stares straight ahead, > exhales, > waits: > un, deux, > turns, > snatches up her handbag and smokes, > arcs off in their direction. > > bw > > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress). Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). Something else is out there godamnit And I want to hear it C.D.Wright