I sit alone in a crowded room.
Couples chat in unison.
No heed is paid to me,
as I contemplate
and view with melancholy heart
these pastel images.

I see the cardboard figures
cut to adorn this room,
from which sounds
and laughter do emit.
I hear the thoughts of mind
and mindlessness as they speak.

I view the tapestry of sounds and voices.
each thread unique in its artistry.
Each is woven so as to remind me of
places I have been, people I have known,
and I marvel at the mystery of it all.

Steve Hodgin Copyright 1996

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"Painting Over"
When mountains bleed
and skies recede
and turn from blue to grey
when hands of fate obliterate
the paint on metal spread
the scraper will eradicate
til all our dreams lay dead

Steve Hodgin Copyright 1997
"Alone in a Crowd"