From Wayne Miller's chapbook, What Night Says to the Empty Boat (notes for a film in verse), comes this short poem, "Justine's Window."
Justine's Window
Shot at night from the outside - Jusine there doing a crossword --
alternated with shots of animated letters rising like fish to surface
in the puzzle's little windows -- (as if nibbling the pen's felt tip).
Raindrops slash the glass between us and her, soon giving way
to blur. And then we can barely hear the music she's listening to,
drowned as it is by the raindrops losing themselves
in the tin clamor of rain against the air conditioner --
This is one of many poems from this chapbook that include Jusitne. I enjoyed the usage of the descriptions of the camera shots and angles, giving another dimension to the poem - another way of looking at it.
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