Metamorphosis

With perfect poise

he enters stage left,

placing the suitcase aside,

inconsequential

while gymnasts perform

pirouettes and arabesques,

svelte nymph

unfurls, spreads chrysalis-like

from case cocoon,

tumbling, twisting, wheeling

silken ribbon blazing

from baton waving

abstract fluidity

across blank canvas

to end again

repackaged and recycled

to perform anew

tomorrow.

  

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