::self//portrait::

stands left

foot planted

other foot

tiptoed brown

leather shoes

left beige

plastic chair

metal legs

wooden floor

half lightened

fades less

light shins

quarter lit

half shadowed

string blue

Christmas lights

appear right

fall bright

light raises

too bright

light straight

where pinned

place falls

again soft

curve rises

other pin

            disappears red

brown plaid

shirt appears

again elbow

briefly disappears

projector screen

peeks again

disappears again

projector