Sangría and string lights sweet under the olive trees the stars appearing through gnarled branches you yawn like the almost-full moon saving some of yourself for the night ahead and with a nod and a hand the usher directs everyone into the theater chatter filling the tall ceiling from which stage lights dim but bright enough still to see dust motes drifting when two guitarists enter their presence cuing the audience to hush then a minor chord rips the silence and echoes in your wide eyes
Bradley Samore has worked as an editor, writing consultant, English teacher, creative writing teacher, basketball coach, and family support facilitator. His writing has appeared in The Florida Review, Carve, The Dewdrop, and other publications. He was named a Joint Winner of the Creative Writing Ink Poetry Prize.
