by Diane Klammer
You Carried Elton John to Term
It was a fifty-year gestation,
he was born covered in crimson velour—
tight bodysuit, silver high-heel boots,
a rhinestone-encrusted fedora,
flowing yellow feather boa.
Singing at the keyboards,
Singing
Your Song.
It was an office party but
the expectations were abandoned
at the door. You shattered the rules
and the molds.
I dare you all
to look away from this
manifestation.
I was in tears, the emotion
pulsating in my throat. How someone can
transform—the metamorphosis
too blinding to ignore. Inescapable.
And all I could think was:
I am blessed to share this sacred moment.
This is the one thing I will remember
of you, when all else dwarfs in that
rearview mirror.
How wonderful life is
when you are in the world.
Dolo Diaz is a poet with roots in Spain, currently residing in California. Her work has appeared in ONE ART, Third Wednesday, Rogue Agent, Right Hand Pointing, The Lake and Book of Matches, among others. Her debut chapbook, Defiant Devotion, was published by Bottlecap Press. Site: dolodiaz.com.
Diane Klammer is a disabled writer, singer-songwriter, retired therapist, and biology teacher. Her work has appeared in the United States and Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, and Australia. She has appeared in Lummox, Avocet, Open Earth Eco Poems, Rattle, Spaces, and elsewhere, forthcoming in Syncopation Review and Missing Slate Review. She strives to write from a place of humor and compassion and is grateful for diverse voices of poetry in books music and film.