Contributor: Neil Ellman

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(after the happening by Allan Kaprow)


they (it) happen(s)
or not
life as it should(n’t) be
or not or was
as it is
audience & audience-r
in a haze
in a blaze
in a phase
disconnect(ed)—
whatever happened
didn’t
or did
happen(s)
performer(ed) as one
stage(ed)
or not
no way of knowing
what’s happening or if
it is we (or they)
who play the roles


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Twice nominated for Best of the Net, Neil Ellman lives and writes in New Jersey. His poems, many of which are ekphrastic and based on works of modern and contemporary art, appear in numerous print and online journals throughout the world.