Recital in Black
for Dotty Belkap
Roger Camp
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The view from the front row seat
is of the performers’ feet
a trio of classical musicians
violinist, cellist, pianist.
Their instruments’ unsightly skins
accompanied by finger smudges
their dress black shoes
playing back pedestrian scuffs.
The stage is a set piece
blackchairs, blackpiano, blackstands,
blacksuits, blackdress
their arrangement on stage
a statement of allegro moderato.
One bow travels east-west
its complement north-south
the piano’s white keys
serving as equator.
No music hear
upstaged by sight.
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Playlist song: Beethoven, “String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131”
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Roger Camp lives in Seal Beach, CA where he muses over his orchids, walks the pier, plays blues piano and spends afternoons reading under an Angel’s Trumpet with a charm of hummingbirds. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including PANK, North American Review, Rust + Moth, Southern Poetry Review, Nimrod and is forthcoming in Scientific American and National Poetry Review.
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