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Poetry - 2006

a reading for Paul Fowler by Lloyd Godman

Looking into the dark

I encounter ambiguity
nothing is incisive
defined by sharpness of edge
shadows dance in synchronism from the light
a black figure alternates with white faces about to kiss
or - scream Munch like at each other
grain falls like shrapnel to fill the vacant spaces
texture flickers
fingers of light fight the rods of darkness
a ghost steps from the doorway
what is real in this strange world
light falls light fails
tangibility is consumed in a dark digital journey

© Lloyd Godman