ALESSANDRA SALISBURY
THE DEATH
OF THE DIRECTOR
Stuck in the theatre shed
waiting for his death
legs trapped under timber and glass
blood all over the stairs ahead
Director was almost-dead
He feels sorry for his ballerina
darling
who will see his body
numb and pallid.
She will shake him once and again:
“Director, my love!”
Director then will be in silent,
morbid pain.
Death is not his concern
but his ballerina darling
abandoned, slim
with nothing left of him.
He wants her to know that
after the argument
on the opening night,
while sleeping outside
under the street lights
only love filled his mind.
Now, death is taking him away
leaving her alone, deserted, stray.
He only hopes
that she can hear
his ghostly words
whispered behind her ears.
My ballerina darling,
don’t waste
all your tears!
THE GRAND
PHANTOM
Theatre black curtains wide open
Blue lights spot main stage of the
Opera House
Orchestra loudly plays first tune
of Angel of music
Prima ballerina dances in her
dressing room scenario
Audience awaits in suspense silence
Where is the phantom?
The labyrinth underground setting
Calls for him among scary fog and
excitement
Beyond the lake song echoes lurid
The phantom grand and mysterious
enters the stage
He is stranger than she dreamed
But he is a fool who makes her
laugh
On the roof of the Opera House
Phantom and prima ballerina waltz
their love
‘Why did you bring me here,’ she
wonders
‘You are mine,’ he whispers
FOOTNOTE: ‘Angel of music’ and
‘Beyond the lake’ are famous compositions made for ‘The Phantom of the Opera’
original musical.
THE RED
CABARET (GHAZAL)
Through the bohemian streets of
Paris
Where artists paint and sing
nothing else but love
Round playful skirt makes waves
with the wind
She walks towards the red windmill
for love
Red velvet curtains and friendly
smiles welcome her in
Dazzling costumes, sequins and
feathers announce the dance of love
Jacques Offenbach tunes of the
scandalous Cancan begins
Crotch less underpants dancers
excite the room with sexual love
She looks around and spots the
poet, the one and only
Sitting down looking lonely,
searching true love
In a glimpse of contemplation, he
smiles at her
The poet and the Cabaret courtesan
fall in inciting love
FOOTNOTE: Jacques Offenbach was the
French composer of ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ – the music most associated with
the famous Cancan dance.
ALESSANDRA
SALISBURY
ALESSANDRA SALISBURY is a Brazilian journalist and creative
writer. She also has works in theatre as playwright. She lives in Australia
where she is studying Bachelor of Arts/Education majoring Theatre Drama, her
third graduation. She won third prize with her poem ‘Hummus and Herbs’ about
family and heritage, in the 2016 Fusion Festival Poetry Competition at Southern
Cross University. Her works has appeared and are forthcoming in the American
literary magazines The Borfski Press, Anti-Heroin Chic, and BlogNostics.
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