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# Opera Lovers
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/opera-lovers/
- Published: 2022-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: up on the stage a tenor, Nessun Dorma the set a modern wonder, Turandot if I could but remember the performer... remembering the flowers I forgot remembering the frigid intermission the spent champagne and chocolates...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

up on the stage a tenor, Nessun Dorma  
the set a modern wonder, Turandot  
if I could but remember the performer...  
remembering the flowers I forgot  
remembering the frigid intermission  
the spent champagne and chocolates on a plate  
you made excuses, needing no permission  
lust, mixing in with guilt; bell says we're late

no longer a duet, more a parlante  
each part distinct, but sticking to the script  
our rendezvous a scandal, in flagrante  
devoid of feeling, naked, bare and stripped  
a wanton thrust, a breathless, heaving bosom  
no, not at all a coupling, more a sting  
the minimum required for a twosome  
up on the stage, the lady starts to sing

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**Author notes:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWc7vYjgnTs image from a Turandot Set at the Metropolitan Opera