April '53
By cadymae
A slate afternoon of late April '53
lights the side of the low-slung
hi-fi
the squat angled
fake teak
legs
mirrored the settee
doubled the line of her pencil-skirt
sensible loafers all
the rage
but the missing heels
an echo of the same A-line.
Avocado and princess pink
around the bend of time ahead
the grey light finds kinship
in the beiges and ecrus and
washed-out
tones of the late
modern industrial decor of
high-rise Manhattan
April '53.
Brubeck and Desmond
make the air
in which
the dust motes
swirl
seem to hint at
intersecting lines
with
cross-beams
making faint "A's
that post-echo the
art deco all about
in the room,
in the
furniture,
in the skyline
outlined through the
murky
picture window
You can still see her there
if you look
through
a particular song
on a certain public station
on
a slate afternoon.
Comments on "April '53"
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On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, FadedBlues
(2172) wrote:
...well-detailed glimpse back at the post-war decor & high hopes of 1953. somewhere in the building someone watches 'I Love Lucy' on a black&white tv...