My life was dust and scratches
Missing frames, poorly enacted
Reel after reel
Silent
I was a faded projection
In a seedy forgotten theater
A battered clown
Merely waiting for The End
Enter third act, you
A bulb enlightment
Twenty-four times per second
Redeeming
My life was Glorious Black and White
You turned it Technicolor
Full Cinemascope
In Stereo where available
eugene sanders (Atlanta, GA, 1970)
