Monday, 28 August 2023

the mystery of forever amber

 the mystery of forever amber


you see her on screen

the woman with the camera dangling at a flung angle

or with a walky talkie talking 


sitting at a roadside cafe in paris reading a book

or browsing deep inside a timeless bookshop silent

or staring lost in a painting on the emabakment


maybe waiting by the illuminated sign of an impressionist

one leg bent inviting her companion to arrive with

a streetlight warming to the night’s expectation 


then there is the poster

she is both outside and inside

thinking thoughts of thoughts thinking


you are confused by the attraction

of the gulf between you 

perhaps not ~ perhaps yes


the mystery of forever amber

in the sadness of a selfie


go on ask her


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