between the two types
I do not choose
I prefer to leave most business unfinished
including delicate matters
such as whether in her arms
a final scene is required.
That untidy script
without whose recitation
none save a surgical proxy
would made the casting call
for the delicious first act
shares with the orthodoxy of violence
a protective arc
favoring survivors
who prefer to watch
as the rigid meets the wet
and other flesh on flesh
permutations of pirouette
whether trope or convulsion
despite transparent intent
the trailing edge
kicks up dust
and hostile art in its wake
July 2011