Flickering neon-lit marquee,
velvet ropes – crush –
concessions,
artificial sunset after artificial light,
black night, murky night,
black-winged dead of night, shadows.
Bare-necked shades, fecund, crawling,
life-like as a master plot,
a hot show. Pulse
beat. Heat
births 1,000
eyes, a room
blinking, lids and lashes flashing,
shifting and canceling
strobes,
strokes.