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Original poem reprinted online here: "Loitering Outside a Leather Bar" by Julianne Buchsbaum Originally read: November 12, 2013 More information about the Poet: Julianne Buchsbaum The scene versus the individual.  I'm not talking about setting when I mention the "scene,"  I feel this poem depicts the mood, the area, the type of situation one would find in "her strap down / her ecstasy in an alleyway."  This sort of seedy underground scene without over-dramatizing. But first the poem starts with an observational verb, "Saw Melancholia's gaunt face / and gown"  Yes, Melancholia is a pun and foreshadow of melancholy, but note how this line sets up an away from what is "real."  I know I stated that this poem depicts the mood and situation really well, and it's because of the name.  Academically read, this poem has allusions.  But, unless you've been there, people are named Melancholia.  I'm just stating that, to me, that...