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Original poem reprinted online here: "Seance" by Edouard Roditi Originally read: April 24, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Edouard Roditi This piece reads like an opening to a mystery novel, and I'm probably going to have a hard time proving that this is a "poem" and not a "blurb from a mystery novel"  so I'll concede defeat and state that this may not be a poem, but this is interesting writing to me. Why?  For something to be written in this prosaic, narrative style, the piece plays on the idea of focus.  Just from the title itself, "Seance" there's an expectation of the "supernatural" and "mysterious."  The focus though is the one, supposedly, doing the seance, and of course the stranger is mysterious, but then there's the two men who sit at the table and talk about travel.  The stranger, awkwardly and like a creeper joins the conversation forcing the focus back to him. Now I just noted the first half ...