Susan Hall

Phantoms of the Opera

By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 07, 2015

Susan Hall

High in the rafters
Where oxygen is rare
Touching the ceiling
Those huge chandeliers
Raised before performances
Phantoms of the opera
Looking down on
Live horses
Glorious pageantry
On stage at the Met
Aida soaring
Night on the town
No Marx Brothers
Racing to keep up
Outpaced by
Critic Susan Hall
Her seven league boots
Clomping about the
Globe relentless pursuit
Of fine music
To report diligently
To me her editor
Shaping it up
For morning edition
Just no end
To her energy
Insights honed
To a fine tune