in a revival house
Watching you
suspecting Cary Grant
When I was fourteen
and you,
you were
my age now
I think
But on screen
you were 24
Within reach
even in B&W.
B&W
becomes you still
Though you
are nearly ninety-seven
it makes you
24 again,
from where I sit
in the silver shine
on the red seat
turned to gray
Where I too
am B & W
and young
©Eric R. Olsen
http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-joan-fontaine-20131216,0,2145458.story#axzz2neu1XD5E
E. R. Olsen lives in Nevada, where he practices law and writes poetry. His poems have appeared on Poetry24 and other magazines and journals, including the Naugatuck River Review.
