IT SITS
WITH A COOL
WHITE
BACKGROUND,
SHADED
FROM THE
LIGHTS
(WHICH COME
LATER)
AS WE ENTER
THE ROOM
INSTEAD
OF THE ZOOM
WHICH
OCCUPIES
MANY WHO
OUTREACH
THESE DAYS,
WE PREFER
THE LIGHT
PRAISE
OF A CALM
AND QUIET SET,
SO YOU
NEVER FORGET
THAT WE
THINK OF YOU,
(THE AUDIENCE)
WITH A FOND
RECALL
OF ALL
THE TIMES
WE HAVE MET
IN THE LINES
OF MEDIA
DEFINED
BY OUTREACH
ELECTRONICS,
SITTING AT
THE READY
IN THE DIM
STUDIO,
WHILE THE
ART WILL
ARRIVE
ALONG WITH
MY CHAIRS,
COMING IN
PAIRS
SO THAT
MY GUEST
WILL BE
HAPPY
AND ABLE
SIT NEAR
THE TABLE
AND ART PIECE
OF PALM FROND,
THE BOTTLES
THAT GLOW
AND THE BOOKS
THAT YOU KNOW,
LITTLE BY
LITTLE,
THE ASSEMBLAGE
OCCURS,
WHILE
CURIOSITY
STIRS
BEHIND THE
MASK
OF MY
ARRIVING
GUEST,
AND ALL
THE REST
WORKS OUT,
WE CHECK
AND SHOUT
THE LIGHTS
AND LENSES,
THE PRIMP
A BIT
(THAT’S ONLY
ME)
I HAVE TO SEE
THAT MY
BLOOMS
ARE STRAIGHT
AND FRAGRANT
AND LOVELY,
SHINING BRIGHT
IN THE BLAZING
LIGHTS,
THEY CARRY
A SWEET
AND LOVING
REMINDER
OF ALL THOSE
YEARS,
SO FAR
BEHIND
THAT BROUGHT
ME HERE
FROM THERE,
TO FIND MY
HAPPY FEARS
AND MY DIRECTOR
CLOSING OFF
THE DOORS
TO OUR ADVENTURE,
THE GUEST SITS
STRAIGHT
AND MUST THEN
WAIT
FOR MY OPENING
FORAY,
PROJECTING
A WARM
AND WELCOME
STORY
WHICH
FEATURES
JUST THE
COOLEST TALES,
THEY ALWAYS
TELL WHAT
WILL PREVAIL
TO BE THE HISTORY
OF THEIR LIFE,
MINUS THE
DARK
AND SECRET
STRIFE,
WHILE
INBETWEEN
WE LAUGH
AND SCHEME
TO TELL THE
STORIES
AND GOOD
REMARKS,
WHILE THE
CLOCK TICKS
ON
AND MEASURES
OUR STOP,
COMING TOO
QUICKLY
IT HAPPENS
SO SOON,
THEY ALWAYS
REMARK
AFTER SHOWING
THEIR BLOOM,
AND I GET TO SMILE
BASK IN
THE STYLE
OF EACH
DIFFERENT
VOICE,
THEY CARRY
THE CHOICE
OF FREEDOM…
SPEAKING
CLEARLY
FOREMOST
DEARLY,
WHILE THEIR
STORY CLOSES
AMONG
THE ROSES…
I SMILE AND
SAY GOODBYE,
RETURNING
SOON
TO WATCH
THEM FLY!
©JW WINSLOW 10/1/2020