Response to turn fav book. into poem challenge.

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brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

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ireland

0 posted 2001-05-26 03:56 PM

LESS THAN ZERO

People are afraid to merge
on the freeways*
even in the Armani
incognito of dream USA.
They clot the nightlines,
cruising for a fix or a f**k.
Everyone is heading for the Roxy,
Then new club that just opened,
Afterwards a party at Kim's or is it Christie's
Wait, is that tomorrow?
Or was that.yesterday?

Piercing the morning emptiness
Drained of skin pigment
Bright blue dead eyes
wrapped in Gucci sun glasses.
This imitation of life
given the reality edge
in cocaine, helps to deal
with
families, friends
these
commodities mean nothing.

A voice from another vacuum
recalls school yard trips
and emotional responses
these are someone else's dreams.
Not yours, just states of confusion
To blank out
those awkward silences as
eyes peer searching for  within your
personality one dimension/dementia.

A dead romance blooming
in the heart of LA, day dream cannibalism,
secretly nurse the hole unfilled by materialism.
Snuff porn self-prostitution,
just the by products of affluence
Nihilism made redundant.

Maybe I will, head out to the desert,
the nightmare is matched there
in equal impotency

There is a prophecy
on the billboard
"DISAPPEAR HERE"**
Maybe I will yet how is it possible
when I never did exist?
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The story of Clay. A young yuppie who returns from college for Christmas holiday. In typical Ellis fashion he inhabits a world of surfaces, low on morals and high on money and drugs.

*,**quotes from LESS THAN ZERO by Bret Easton Ellis.  Picador.

"you are what you own in this land, you can be king and it all depends on the view and what you can see"  Whipping boy

[This message has been edited by brian madden (edited 05-26-2001).]

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2001-05-26 05:35 PM

There is a prophecy
on the billboard
"DISAPPEAR HERE"**
Maybe I will yet how is it possible
when I never did exist?
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very cool write Bri...youve encompassed much of the story...in your always clever innovative style..
I havent read the book...but the movie is one that left an impression on me...
was one of Robert Downey Jr.'s better performances,
especially for his age at the time...
how sad that he was living out the character way back then.
well done poet-pal..
(who knew we could read something besides poetry books

I'm hanging on your every word
Even if you dont want to speak tonite
It's alright
I'm sitting outside heaven's door
listening to you breath

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-05-26 06:15 PM

Enjoyed reading this brian...James

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

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3 posted 2001-05-26 11:34 PM

I have felt this what you speak of, felt invisible..all of my life, I've felt invisible....I'm sorry, I'm rambling here, this poem really got to me, Brian

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

4 posted 2001-05-28 02:06 PM

Jan, it is a pity that robert downey jnr became a method actor in that sense. as for reading things other than poetry i think it is ok to make an exception for the classics
thanks for your wonderful reply.

James, thanks.

Kathleen, the poem and the book are more about the loss of moralityin rich society but it is also about the isolation

thanks for your comments and for reading.

"you are what you own in this land, you can be king and it all depends on the view and what you can see" Whipping boy

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