BEFORE BECOMES AFTER

before was pure hedonism
a walk in the park in best party clothes
you walk arm-in-arm
smile at each other all the time
could easily transform into a dance
as both stroll along in your own movies
use stock film from every cliche ever written
effigies for the avant garde
epitome of a Dada experience
the music of the unimportant
later the real performance
as the movie continues with every cliche ever written
as you dance arm-in-arm
and imagine everyone wants to watch—
then a fade out
then it all goes black and time stops
then you finally wake up
and nothing seems important except pain
and she is not there
at the point where before becomes after