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A Mad Escape

Maura Gage Cavell

Black as her witch’s cape,
she rises and then crawls,
sprawls in air.
Bottles break beneath her feet.
Nothing to her is clear now,
muddy seas of emotion
shift wildly, a cape
flying in winds or torrents.
With no certain light,
she blames darkness
on black night fears.
A vinyl record spins
through her mind of sparkle
and scratches: gray or silver
dresses hang in her closet.
She dances as if on waves
in a crowded club.
There is a harmless parade
of light streams
coming through clouds or mist now.
Lakes of dancers wave through the room
from water to landscape,
shore to sand.
Cold breezes come through vents
and fans; air dragging her cape
into the mists of her mind.
Everything is shadow now.
A boat is painted on a wall.
She is lost at sea on it.
Light and blackness interplay.
She is lost under a cape,
crawls into a shell
of nothingness, silence,
and all runs black.

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