Intoxicating: sophisticated-
a dainty and supreme expression of violence
the dark nuances and projections
surfaced all at once.
Demonstrating a novel understanding of the art
She danced like a final poem,
subaqueous
subaqueous
battered and betrayed.
A bath, a mother’s paintbrush,
an unhinged door
a pink bed spread, a music box, a once-beloved stuffed animal
abandoned, keeping in its furry clutch the discarded innocence.
Such a sweet
subversive rendering of someone else’s madness
a coil of eloquence, a cascade of perfection-
her hair and the red curtain that fell loose
and swept the vast stage.
Legions of dust pounced, creating a low cloud;
she, along with the rest of the dancers, leapt above it.
Fragmented and immersed
the audience aged with the story-
at the cusp of malevolent desire themselves
their legs ached to spring from their seats.
The rows of velvet cushions
suddenly felt as spectacular and ceremonious
as the edges of buildings;
the polished rim of the high stage
the skyline, the horizon, the subalpine.
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