Today’s host for Day 14 of VerseLove at http://www.ethicalela.com is Margaret Simon of Louisiana, who invites us to write free verse poetry. I had a burst of brightness this week, so I’m capturing that moment this morning.
Disco Fever I opened my eyes to a disco joint missing the music clearly needing The Bee Gees or Yvonne Elliman or the greatest ever: Abba hundreds of tiny sunbeams scattering light rays in all directions the kinds of rays I could reach out and touch, measure with a ruler their armlengths’ reach changing refractions wondering how I would get home in this overpowering light too much, really so much it hurt I squinted, tilted my face up propped my head on the backrest closed my eyes and sat silently thinking, pondering “Do you have sunglasses?” a voice asked I do “You’re gonna need ‘em,” she assured me. “I have some if you can’t find yours.” I reached in, fumbled blindly through my backpack fingers searching feverishly wallet keys chapstick Aleve Kleenex Sunglasses! I put on these disco glasses, ready to face the music when I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the eye doctor’s office, eyes dilated from the exam, I had only two things on my mind: John Travolta and a ride home
Common Threads 