Black-Dressed And Backless Poem by Richard G Berg

Black-dressed and backless
White-jazzed and spotless
She slants, in experienced cue
With her camera's quick heart

Black-dressed and spotless
She hoists the phone's back
To face out, blocking her face's art
Forgetting fancy has a knack
To rescue the missing part

Black-dressed and backless
She is slender in serious lightness
Upon a carpet of blotted plum
Summer casts its early bets
On her fitting shade of black, winning
Little catwalk glints, the carpet loses dumb

Black-dressed and backless
White-jazzed and spotless
She skips shoes, one foot tempting
The floor, inclining one bare heel, as such
Angling a dainty hand, in sculptural feat
Parting white curtains of faith, a touch


Richard G Berg
July 2021