Become My Dream

The beams become my dream
My dream is on the screen

'Fade Away and Radiate' - Blondie

The tilt of her pelvis as she sways
out of synch with a heartbeat bassline
in an attitude more cool than dance.

The creases across her sheath-tight dress
as it moulds around the silk-white curve and swell
of her torso in torsion as she sings.

The back-comb frenzy of her hair, frozen
and enhaloed as a spotlit madonna
in iconic dry-ice clouds of heaven.

The mannequin plastic sheen of her pout
forms a modernist arch as she blows
bubblegum kisses with a side-order smile.

The bloom of her irises, blue against white,
as she plays the ingenue, the bleach blonde waitress,
the trailer trash Monroe, for three perfect minutes.