Chronicle of a planned gesture

free verse

the naked ballroom. I took the picture.

At last.
I removed it.

I turned it between the fingers.
I placed it
above a shelf
on the level
of my heart.

Of sun
and
of time
the shadow,
then,
against the lights.

The sign.
(unequivocal)

The meaning.
(that can infuriate)

The dream.
(violated)

The end.
(human)

The beginning.
(you may not want).