Glasshouse Fever Dream
A euphoric fever dream about the buzzing energy of party politics, people, and dancing.
I see 10,000 versions of my own face looking back at me, serenading me. What a wonderful dream, I suppose…
Kaleidoscopic reflections rule my mind,
in a dazzling rainbow frenzy.
Beautiful bodies upon beautiful bodies,
all dancing in a collective fever dream.
I love this place so much.
There’s a rich, golden aura in the air –
a musical melatonin that both excites me and puts me to sleep.
I want to drown in this energy,
as I see 10,000 versions of my own face looking back at me, serenading me.
What a wonderful dream, I suppose,
for I have never been in a place like this before…
in this dance party at the public glasshouse of my mind.
Process
I attended a Friday Night Saloon entitled “Seeing Poetry in the Dark: Night Logic and Haunting Images with Gabrielle Bates,” where the opening exercise was to spend five minutes writing a poem inspired by the title “Dance Party at the Public Glasshouse.” So I wrote my poem about a party girl experiencing parties and euphoric nights as a strange fever dream in a mirror house.
Michelle Seucan
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Michelle Seucan
Michelle Seucan is a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Chipotle enthusiast. She is the Creative Director of Revolution Publication, a student-led global magazine on art, literature, and social justice. At UNC, she's partaken in activities for the Daily Tar Heel and the Carolina Film Association. Michelle is originally from NYC and misses biking through Central Park. Oh, and the pizza. Michelle co-authored the biggest world anthology “Songs of Peace,” commissioned by the League of Poets – Top 1,000 global entries chosen (Amazon, Kindle), co-authored research journal “Across the Spectrum of Socioeconomics: Issue 1” (published by Google Books & Harvard) and was awarded the Dream Quest One “Dare To Dream” Third Poetry Prize – International Winter Poetry & Writing Contest.
