A Night At The Community Theater

not even the claustrophobic
dark of theater seating

nor the silky gnawing
of a butterscotch 

biting at the back of my throat
could peel my mind away.

would you believe me 
if I told you they sang their soul

into the blackened stage
and bought in that moment

the night?

 

emmett

VT

18 years old

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