Esther Heboyan: THE RANGEFINDER

but one Thursday

without you

i was dusting the –

your super 8 nikon

you left (and went)

that sits on its shelf

(when) our gladness

youthfully

sneaked up

the Englert theater stairs

only to land

by a blue lagoon

Hollywood’s sine qua non

for technicolor consent

thereupon we –

two smitten surfers

smiled the hour away

in love’s (un)fairness

and rotating close-up

                                    February 2008