one night only (or a love letter to new york)
By Kate Connor
yellowed pages;
sun, sweat bleached.
a man, mouth moving.
oppose the song o’ rails
he sings atop imperfect cadences.
though deaf to my ears, he ne’er drops
a note.
stage right a window
stage left the audience (to be)
a suitcase by his feet
floral tatters burst at the seams
potential pours out,
i see it now:
a lone mic, a smattering audience.
the song o’ rails but a cursed backstory
beckoned by unsung applause
his song spills forth.
he sings of new york
the city of dreamers,
of lovers and sinners.
she draws you;
a promise of glamour,
of fame
the spotlight.
a shadow from his past appears,
like an old forgotten melody
of a life left behind.
his song falters, a discord
in his clamour for the spotlight
he forgot himself.
Fourth year English and Creative Writing Student.


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