Sarah St Vincent Welch #56 Anticipation 1 (in anticipation of a series)

Anticipation 1

audience shuffles
imagining the tiler
a cracked open roof

Aladdin, long-haired
so cheeky,
forgotten this matinee
Saturday, at work
with zax and ripper
belt and harness
singing an aria on
the ruddy terracotta

a ute in the distance

popcorn in the foyer
makes the wait
even better

this is theatre