Saint Paul, 30 April 2006
At the end of the play
a renowned playwright
leaves her dancers prone
splayed across the exits
playing cold death
The marquee celebrated bow
for a raucous curtain call
Our distinguished audience
claps then exits briskly
stepping over still bodies
The playwright is quoted:
We maintain hurricane composure
by sidestepping uncollected corpses
of dispossessed vagrancy