Letter to a Shining Girl on the Night of a Full Moon
Tonight, I rescued the moon from drowning.
It must have gotten drunk,
And fallen into the sea.
The same moon that kissed Shanghai
Last evening, has fled to America
To huddle like a refugee among stars.
Irresponsible moon,
Another drunk tourist, dancing
On the streets of New Orleans.
The black vastness of the sky
Winds, a single braid in your hair
And is held fast, by the moon;;
Turning back, to see if the moon was safe,
I saw your pale, slender hands tossing it up,
Like a ball.
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• Born: Wichita Falls, Texas - 1952
• Raised: Denver, California, Kansas
• Home: New Orleans
• Occupation: Immigration Lawyer
• Edu: Troy State U., Univ. of Alabama Law School
• Writing - 6 plays:
"The Pollster" (Semi-finalist, Southern Playwright's Competition 1993),
"The Ghost of Jean Paul Sartre Visits an Alabama Convenience Store" (1994);
"The Focus Group" (Performed 1994 Dramarama Festival New Orleans),
"A Man of His Times" (Performed, 1995 Dramarama Festival, New Orleans),
"The Hat", performed 1998 Freeport McMoran Theatre, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center;
"Double Espresso"; Staged Reading scheduled for October 1999 at C.A.C.
Numerous Musical Compositions, including "The Fantomas Waltz" and "HOY!", composed for film: "F", Clementine Productions, Hollywood California, Howard A. Rodman Writer/Director, starring Terrence Stamp, Produced by Laurie Parker. The Fantomas.Org/Pont Mirabeau Station @ MP3.COM
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