tonight's show
melodic sighs,
peaceful and perfect,
poured from his dripping harmony
to a scratchy skin surface
we pulled our leather bar stools
to the center of the circus
and searched for the bass line
of a guitar that was absent
the room was hushed silence
i thought about snapping
catching pointer and thumb in this chic form of clapping
we fell in love with the music
and the soft bodies swaying
with gazes fixed lightly
on the center stage magician