April 30, 2021

Superimposing 
by Terri McCord

               Is she 
the demure cast-down Victorian 
sculpture a bulkhead 

                holding back a future that is now 
a past 

a thing of 

weavings of           irregular bricks 
(that could also be a bulkhead) 

cemented with thick mortar 
and a moderned marquee marked 
Avenue    Avenue 

there is no parking, although no one
seems to have arrived or  
everyone has left 

or this is a theatrical set        to practice 
breath holding
or hand holding 

the almost hip-swaying
 statue might purl air 

 edge it with care 

or this is premonitory
the solidified ghost of a girl 
standing in as gate-keeper 
a small three-tasseled purse 
for her calling cards 
hanging low.

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This photograph is from a Members’ Film Swap that we did in 2017. It was part of this set. The rest of the project you can see here. See more of film photographer Tony Klimas’ work on Flickr and Instagram. See more of film photographer Todd Connaghan’s work on Instagram.

Read more writer Terri McCord’s work on Facebook.