Freeze Frame

freeze frame (frēz′frām′) n. 1. A still image in a cinematic work made by showing a series of identical frames or by stopping a film or video at one desired frame, usually representing the suspension of action or time.

I want to make you
a freeze frame, keep
you in a cannister,
replay you.

But the reel unwinds
Around my ankles, rolls
out the door, tangles
in the shrubs.

I can’t freeze you any
more than I can
freeze time. I discard
you on the cutting-room floor.

published in the the January 2022 WyoPoets News

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