Sass: Shirley Bassey:
Sassy — the adjective
takes her form
the noun, a
film set waiting
for the ultimate
crowd scene. They
mob her — hey
Big Spender. Diamonds
Are Forever. Moonraker.
Heavily
textual
flora hits the stage.
Sexual outcry,
abstract street
-battles. She
faces the music,
all camera angles
and peasant costumes —
but
as the last note blares
she's
here,
in the sub-basement
of a department store
with bruised
goods — toys
and kitchenware
(egos or the skin
of apples).
On apples. In
apples:
prepositions blur as
her tears stream.