All enter your solitude
need for need
four walls
small room
most- painted, dingy white
occasional company, second beauty
two by two mirror
You in the corner
mine
a new face
turning your light on
stage set, waiting star
Back straight
long thin legs
slight curves-
all in the right places
Down to the floor
elegant
details, dressed in velvet
Your vanity
porcelain, bling of choice
voyeur confidence
The silence of your space; you
one of two
ones purpose clear, always used
You are easy,
and a place for watching eyes...
© E Stelling, 1992- Revision
I wrote this in a dingy club bathroom in the early 80's, this beautiful raw wood chair with a red velvet seat all alone in the ugliness of a toilet-
Of course this bathroom is a newer one- but when I was there, and had my camera it reminded me of this piece I had written, and the angle of the photo worked-
How fun it was to read it, and have the audience feel it was so seductive...oh, if they only knew...
