Boxing

We are a dancing musical troupe
that sings in collared shirts and jeans –
“collate, ship, return, repeat!”
Our four act show parades
between two breaks and an hour intermission
for the actors to recompose their character
through the contents of a paper bag
or cup of cool drink.

No need for makeup – dirt;
no need for boom mics; we hardly speak.
Jim Rome serenades the ears,
a symphony of artistic prefabrication
to keep pace,
like the drums of some mighty Minoan warship.

Andrew Venegas
San Jose
SJSU
poetry