Alone in a Theater
by B.Z. Niditch
Alone in a theater
Watching an Italian film
a post-war neo-realist one
even when it freezes
in the thin, cold air theater,
from low voices
about occupation
humanity being stepped on
near monuments,
tourists gather
after the movie
watching a young sax player
with a foreign cadence,
hearing Coltrane's riffs.
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