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After the Hiatus
by Maureen GlaudeBecause they are pre-booked
to always bring one another
back into the picture
over and through all the business
of changed backdrops and settings
hectic crowd scenes, fresh new faces,
distance meters set to extreme
but compensated for over time,
absence is only a hiatus.
Because he will always
bring her upstage and centre,
warm up the footlights
dimmed when she had to leave his stage vacant,
hell always hang high the marquee
with her name
even if she now plays California,
he New York.
She knows her marks upon his platform
the set design and ritual welcome
the moment when monologue turns to
dialogue
and the hour for house lights
to resume, with the audiences receptive hush.
They will always be
each others leads
for the script theyve written
between the lines, works
best with them playing opposite.
Absence is only a hiatus.
04/18/2005
Author's Note: A companion piece to my Journal Entry of today, called Befores and Afters.
Posted on 04/18/2005
Copyright © 2024 Maureen Glaude
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/18/05 at 06:09 PM ...maureen, m'lady ... is this a Shakespearean thingeee of 'the world's a stage and we're performers on it?'...i feel ignorant, only because i am...but when i read it from that perspective, i get it...me and the bride thingeee with absence being nothing but a gap, a haitus in our coming together once again...lovely read, peace, chaz |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/18/05 at 06:15 PM ...well, notwithstanding my last communique, i now have read you journal post annnnd i saw a snippet of said Fonda interview, and now i see you poem only a smidgen differently, more in it's direction of statement, re: their NOT being a "couple" anymore doesn't keep them from mutual respect and admiration...glad i read both, maureen, good content, good words, peace, chaz |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/19/05 at 01:03 AM I like what you've done with this, and how it can apply to many other couples, and in this, found myself easily relating to it. Good use also of extended (stage related) metaphors. |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 04/22/05 at 12:30 AM Ah, now I understand. So wonderfully expressed Mo. If this could become reality...but that might be so many years away. Your words soothe me just when I need them. Excellent work!
~Chelle~ |
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