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SHERYL NOETHE
Dimly Lit Ballrooms
1. The Dark Matter
Women in white dresses dance with men
in black tuxedos across dimly lit ballrooms.
All you see are the whirling skirts of spinning gowns,
but you are aware the partners are there.
Non-reflective fellows who reveal nothing known
They have their reasons, I'm sure.
One thing we know—
They cannot stop waltzing.
2. The Future
The past, bound to Euclid, follows right-angles and rules to a T --
Meanwhile what’s coming ahead splits time like a bed sheet
and peels off a few more secrets turns the lights on and
Like sugar, crystallizes into the now like water into snow—
only it’s not from the cold, it’s the lenses of your eyes, only hesitating.
You may find yourself standing beneath a Hokusai painting:
Giant waves: curve of the underbelly, crest and peak,
Sprays of foam and a fisherman’s tiny boat perched
Atop a breaching whale.
