IMPROVISATION #79
UNDER THE MARQUEE

Our grandparents
if my memory holds up
went to see Clark Gable
and Ava Gardner
in "Mogambo"
at this local theater
on a tense weekend night
today we have cable T.V.
with twenty four hour
coverage,
into its vocal language
from dark or light vocal movies
with our own impersonator
in this same vicinity
going out locally
on a January snowing
weekend of pretense
enjoying its city wonder
but getting lost in a taxi.