Fin De Siecle.(Poem)(Poem)

The Progressive | May 1, 2004| | Copyright 
 
Fin De Siecle 
 
   There were twenty-three people at the movie theater 
   and all of them were dead. One of the soldiers, 
   a sergeant, thought it would be amusing to switch 
   on the projector. Now humans still moved in two 
   dimensions, in Technicolor; often their faces became 
   huge, occasionally a single mouth and nose, pair 
   of eyes, nearly filling the screen. The face would 
   smile, grimace, speak; reveal doubt or lust, anger, 
   curiosity.... And the people it faced were all dead. 
   The soldiers had come without warning. On the screen 
   a man and woman ...

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