Airlift ruins

Airlift ruins

A Poem by Avani Chhaya

mastery of flight suspended in weightlessness, aboard the steel-winged contraption flying through the curtained sheet delivering the scripted performance with clayed smiles and molded gestures beverage cart in hand, moistened toilette in another
caked on rouge/ lathered on lipstick/ forced in unwilling bobby pins
the reused, recycled air circulating through the blue-gray, red splotched stage, caging even confinement
the fourteen-hour play begins, the locked in audience hesitantly complies, choice ripped heartlessly out of their hands, thought surrendered to hierarchical order, to the solemn totem pole waiting in the midst behind clicked in and buckled plastic
making a prisoner even out of imprisonment, shackling her with chains that rattle with a breathless, deathly wheezing
imprisonment: the red-dressed vixen sporting dangerous black heels, known for luring helpless victims like flies befriends the caged confinement, barred behind a steel circular trap
tilted, always slightly tilted/ the perfect pair of pantyhose, not even nurturing a rip/ solid-colored pumps matching the mundane solid-colored uniform with a spark of stripe
act II finishes with a predictable surmise, climaxing to the heightened plot, peaking the pyramid, following the steep ascent to the seat of pleasure
pleasure: not defined as the normative discourse of literary theorists, but the aesthetic beauty found in the utmost useless, the opposition of Freytag's summit
the anxious twinge starts to nerve the play-goers in a fidgety, tense dance shifting from one side to the other unaware of the imaginary, stagnated melody
no intermissions/ over-priced admission/ the longest wait to the bathroom
the called-in attention, announced over the raspy intercom, fuzzed over with a false sweetness and muffled beneath concern
no end in sight to the squeezed so-called comfort, the staged theatrical dialogue, buzzing with a maddening hum overhead

© 2010 Avani Chhaya


Author's Note

Avani Chhaya
I tried to experiment with different punctuation marks, varying the style of it. is it effective?

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There is always so much going on in your writing. I love it. You are able to stay within a particular event/theme/descriptive voice, and yet you are able to touch on so many different subjects and contexts. Makes your writing very interesting to read, as well as challenging. It's fun to try and connect the dots.

As far as the punctuation goes, I honestly don't know if I would have noticed it if I had not read your note beforehand. I'm not sure what you are trying to do with it, but it's certainly interesting. Don't know if I can establish a connection between the meaning and the punctuation used, but that could probably be figured out with a few more reads. Or it's just me.

Overall, great write. Keep it up, yo!

Posted 13 Years Ago



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Avani Chhaya
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I am a junior at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign studying English with a secondary education minor. I have an intense love for reading and writing. I want to become a more confident.. more..

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