Linda Sorrells-Smith
“Watching”
Oil on canvas
Inspiration piece
The Laughing Man’s Eyes
By KJ Hannah Greenberg
Response piece
The laughing man’s eyes, like so many high
Falutin drum rolls, brightened before constricting to wee,
Loveless cups, ne’er brimming light or elsewise dripping affection.
Such orbs as fill school book warnings, nonetheless, blink. They tunnel
Vision toward unhappy motes’ partnering reminisce us over unmet possibilities.
After the murder, his mistress’ osteomanty brought no comfort to wife or coryphee
In his corps de ballet, where the guy’s shameless contact hurt more than feet,
Like a declawed, defanged lions’ air, resentment, ‘longside the dead man’s
Resolute infidelity, accessed payroll, select assailant’s motives
Almost scrutable plots, also crime scene listicles.
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