The Vision of the Balding Gent (Edit, title change)

[dukealien]

edit1, title change;

The Vision of the Balding Gent


Death’s a leggy Usherette,
short-skirted, jacket double-breasted,
pillbox cap set at a saucy slant.
Follow her dim flashlight—
and, in truth, firm twinkles
of her gleaming gams—
down long declining aisles
to a place assigned,
hand clutching saffron popcorn,
candy safely pocketed.
Previews run,
outlasting food and breath;
fall buttered into sleep anointed,
jumbo soda tumbling, last thought
not Our Feature Presentation but
those crisply crossing thighs.

Death—lovely concept to assuage
the sameness of our immortality,
you grinning, hidden Manager!
I’ll bet you take her home
after work.

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Thanks to both critics, some of your criticisms addressed and (I hope) questions answered.

Without, however, explaining

Terms I thought were common, now removed:

"hot pants" - short-shorts as fashion wear, 1970s-1980s

"Good&Plenty" (sic) - American confection sold in small boxes, often at cinemas... pink or white hard candy over black licorice, for the Symbolists