I sat
deep in the shadow
on my way to being drunk
watching the ballroom
not people
but hangers for clothes
dress after garish dress
and an enormous diamond on every breast
no joy in the dance
just the vanity
just the grasping for position
it could drive one to scream
(it has already driven me to drink)
until on the open balcony
the guard stood back to reveal
a white moon
and before it
her
April 27, 2019
#GloPoWriMo2019 #NaPoWriMo2019 Day 27
#ShutUpWrite2019 Challenge
Pulled ten words blind from Magnetic Poetry and used them for inspiration; I was writing the third line when I got the idea for the poem - breast, diamond, dress, drive, drunk, enormous, moon, reveal, scream, shadow.
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