The Beehive

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I especially like

I sip overpriced whiskey
Amid a peck of cheek kisses
Murmur of nothing talk
and the fog of stale Chanel

Intermission in a nutshell.

I did note that "and" was the only line start not capitalized. I'm wondering if that was that an omission or intentional. Maybe you don't need the "and " at all. Do you think it helps the poem to have the pauses that the capitalization brings? I'm curious.

Thanks for the interesting read.

The Beehive

Interval
A release of conversation
Above me
Dvorak lingers in the blue mushrooms
~
Theatre smell
Music dust in crushed burgundy
Climbing the stairways
To the halftime bars
~
I sip overpriced whiskey
Amid a peck of cheek kisses
Murmur of nothing talk
and the fog of stale Chanel
~
She stands by the window drapes
Isolated by beauty
I engage her
With the price of a smile
~
Elgar easy on the lifting strings
As the Nimrod casts it spell
Oblivious
To two empty seats

Note: The Royal Albert Hall is nicknamed ‘The Beehive’ and the blue mushrooms are sound disks usually back lighted in blue and mounted on the high ceiling.