The Manacle and the Lorgnette

paradigm shift
bound to be,
caught up in a
shackle of green
seaweed, piercing
her retina scrutinizes,
her pupil knows why
she's not a C student,
peering down into the
orchestra pit,

in opera's bondage,
seated in the balcony,
looking glass burns,
her jodphurs, those
riding breeches release
their zipper, adagio

aria, she uses
to highlight an
emotional state
of mind,

leitmotif, an
ingredient
in dramatic
work, librettist

the oakum,
untwisted into
hemp fibers for
calking the seams
of her little woman in
a boat, I admit you...
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so see
through her
lorgnette,
in opera's bondage
paradigm shift bound
to be, caught up in a
shackle of green
seaweed, bound for
freedom inside the
fleshy folds, recitative,
sing-speak, A capella.


Copyright 12/9/2009 Ms. Sage Sweetwater. firebrand lesbian novelist