a salted caramel diversionary diversion
in a Movie Palace carved in Time
all pink and lime
with an organ beyond belief.
draperies for the Queen.
your ticket, please
they say and you feel suddenly
grown up into your estate.
and loveliness unfolds
onscreen, life amplified
even in black and white you see
so suddenly become a visionary:
other people's houses, chandeliered
dreams, shadows on their lawns
and the movie trees even dream
their own tree dreams
before our eyes
immortalized and with them
their particular clouds.
and you hardly outloud can you think out in daylight you blink
but you still keep
some majesty
walking home with the grandparents
one stardusted summer after
ice cream.
mary angela douglas 15 december 2015
in a Movie Palace carved in Time
all pink and lime
with an organ beyond belief.
draperies for the Queen.
your ticket, please
they say and you feel suddenly
grown up into your estate.
and loveliness unfolds
onscreen, life amplified
even in black and white you see
so suddenly become a visionary:
other people's houses, chandeliered
dreams, shadows on their lawns
and the movie trees even dream
their own tree dreams
before our eyes
immortalized and with them
their particular clouds.
and you hardly outloud can you think out in daylight you blink
but you still keep
some majesty
walking home with the grandparents
one stardusted summer after
ice cream.
mary angela douglas 15 december 2015
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