Pontification of Pinter

Pinter would be proud;
these moments straight out of
act two, scene five.

We've mastered both silences
spoken, unspoken
one in the same.

140 betrayals
224 homecomings
amount to little more
than an hour
in our lives.

I've painted the walls rust
aqua
royal blue
never green..

black and white silence
amplified
each p a u s e
pregnant
but in the end
papercuts
still b
l
e
e
d
all over the page

you,
me,
her,
him,
them,
all of
us
Ashes to Ashes...

Moonlight brings
a remembrance of things past,
slight ache
then silence.