Silent Pictures

Silent Pictures

Cigarettes smoke and alcohol fumes

Wall to wall people oblivious
To the lights flashing
Capturing the woman frozen on the counter
She stares into nothing

Enter a man
Hello
Do I know you?
No, not yet
Excuse me
Oooh, that soft scent of rejection

Voices hum, buzz and explode
The psychological debris scatter and the particles stick
In the frozen woman’s skin

The camera flashes
Exposes the naked eyes, nose and lips

In a room, a generic couple
A Woman and a man
Two men
Two women
A couple argues

You had too much
You had too little
You’re being a child
You’re jealous
Warning: second person pronouns hazardous to relationships.

What is your name?
Why do you ask?
I want the name with the picture.
Excuse me?

Clouds blight out
The eye of Orion, the eye of the hunter
The camera follows the woman out
And away from the fuming alcohol and smoking cigarettes

Warning: Pictures, wordless sentences without a pardon.