Monday, June 17, 2024

All Dressed up Sept. 25, 2013

 


 What goes through her head

when she dressed up like this,

 the way she did for that party

 I did not attend or that one

along the waterside where

all eyes were on her,

 different from when she

wanted to perform

all those years ago

 and a time and place

 now so far, far away,

 living proof of what

Shakespeare claimed,

she treating the whole

world as her stage,

 desperate to have

 her moment in

the spot light or sunlight,

where all eyes are fixed.

What goes on in her head?

Is she aware of what

her movements cause,

if not quite an earthquake,

 certainly a shudder through each room.

Does she know?

Can she sense the vibrations

she causes as those

who watched her in court felt,

 she the focus of attention

with each shift of her hips.



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