that room

that room
2 april 2014

Even the furnishings became impossible to see..   Props by ‘Skivor Productions

on the top of
everything,
far above
this
life,
a child
i dreamed
there was
a white room
all windows
no walls
such light
the chairs
the tables
whatever
was there
faded in
the brilliance
of it
such brightness
you couldn’t
do a thing

final shot

final shot

Not shot out of some ornery cowboy’s hand, but sourced from a camping and wilderness site (but which one?), such was the source of the spilt canteen image…

as the camera
refocused
we saw
his face,
and
he was saying
with a little of
the water he’d
just gulped down
glistening in a line
from the mouth
to the chin
he was saying
‘i never wanted
to be known as
the gunman,
the hangman,
the hung man,