Tuesday, 12 August 2025

extra









extra   

Imago in the background  

sitting in a life at a table busy with

 

untouched food    the dregs of wine

a man awaiting direction  

 

cue laughter   take 5   cut

part of the crowd   always

 

crossing a road on the way to somewhere

walking out of the frame

 

man getting off the bus

to join a queue as man with wife

 

the camera panning away   always

shifting the mise en scène

 

in the end credits

old man alone on bench

 

and that one time he looked straight into the lens

his lips moving   not even making the final edit

 

equity denied

I was alive when Kennedy died