in collection, Pavilion, Smokestack Books,

2010, ISBN 978-0-9560341-5-1

Flaneur

Kagool sheathed, they rush, avoiding rain,

crushing past awnings’ gushing waterfalls

and there he’s cloistered.  Elegance calls

attention (world’s washed down a drain).

Dove-grey suit, with silver-headed cane,

exotic plant against Plain Jane pub walls

and, for an instant, sodden summer stalls,

pub front transformed to sudden picture-frame.

Could be imagining yellow rose,

tonal handkerchief, glossed ballroom shoes,

my nocturne formed of brushstrokes and regret,

torch song from a vanquished Pierrot Show.

He’s real enough.  Discussing current news.

Blue smoke furling from his cigarette.

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

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