It came from the top<\/p>\n
I thought we were about to<\/p>\n
be plunged into darkness<\/p>\n
for the whole evening<\/p>\n
But it came from above<\/p>\n
I saw the prism fan out<\/p>\n
light the screen from the<\/p>\n
projector box above and beyond.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He had one arm around my shoulder<\/p>\n
and I wanted him to let go and<\/p>\n
move away completely or kiss me,<\/p>\n
Either end of the spectrum<\/p>\n
would have been satisfactory<\/p>\n
But he did neither<\/p>\n
And in that under-lit back row<\/p>\n
In the bitty haze of the projector\u2019s stare<\/p>\n
My regime took shape and order.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Crime would only be committed in<\/p>\n
the darkest of basements and<\/p>\n
everywhere there was light,<\/p>\n
there was hope.<\/p>\n
Special dispensation was to be given<\/p>\n
to writers and artists and musicians<\/p>\n
to use black light to create monstrously<\/p>\n
terrifying works of splendour and magnitude.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When the lights went up<\/p>\n
the whirr of the projector caught my attention<\/p>\n
Only one more thing for reinvention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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