hallway split

                                           "hallway split" 

One waits in the hallway,

coat already half-on,

the air too tight

to stand in any longer.

 

The other moves

through the lounge

with a kind of reckless grace,

turning up the music,

wanting the walls to feel it.

 

Between them,

the floor holds steady,

bearing both the urge

to step out and the urge

to set the whole place alight,

as if this room were built

for exactly this split.

 

 

 

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Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I sense huge tension here Freds. One ready to make a quick exit, while the other appears ready for a party. The atmosphere feels electric. The floor’s seen it and heard it all before.

Chris

[Betty Hermelee]

I think the heat is turned up in both places ; perhaps they will meet in the elevator and have a passionate tryst, my take, of course!
Warmly
B🌷

[redd Brick Keshner]

Now that’s a definite way it could go; who knows!? 👍🏻🙏🏻🕊️

[Chris Shaw]

Freds, the text to this poem is not appearing on the screen. I would like to have read it. Just a heads up.

Chris

[redd Brick Keshner]

Oh, thanks for that Chris.
Let me look into it🕊️🙏🏻
Freds.