While the drinks - OpenTank O (O) ((O))

While the
Drinks
Were mixing,
So were
Their
Thoughts;
Subtext
Seemed ripe
Enough to
Pluck
Off the
Walls:
Here's the
Real
Party, a
Film of
A play of
A script
Still in
Lab, while
Food heaped
Plates made
Their way
To the
Trash.
Rewind and
Pause,
Edit the
Soundtrack:
It's all
There
In the
Dailies.

rjw, 4/27/98