Trenchcoat Blue & The Tender Traps

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soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2011-09-19 04:04 PM

Trenchcoat Blue & The Tender Traps

Close the book on tender traps
paint a Harlem tattoo on my window sill
walk Spanish down the hall to find Jimmy Blue
said he has a Cadillac heroin needle bloodshot eye
said she was gonna pick him up on the corner of rhythm & blues
throw away the rose and keep the thorns
cut open a starlit masquerade and pour myself a strong drink
New Orleans girl with teeth of dull gold
pulls out a knife and sings a Sinatra tune
out of key, out of gas, out of mind
and break a diamond, let me down,
slice a tin shack heart perfectly in two
and the rain dogs lose scent of the girls from the broken down midtown
a carousel hat trick, zodiac dice of Nantucket pearl
gypsy biker with a hand full of black sawdust
throw me into a new scene,
fulla whispers and Singapore slings pounding in my head
Van Morrison records and a moon rock stuck in my eye
winking away daylight like a strobe light slo-motion catwalk parade
and I jump off cliffs of conclusions, smoke riffs of Blind Lemon Jefferson
and break dance to the beat of a New York subway train
my jacket fulla bad ideas and a broken compass
slouching toward Bethlehem with a ticket to see the show
Ingrid Bergman and the shadow of a girl I once hated more than sin
she stabbed the daylights out of my whiskered face
and left me with only dreams that smell of gasoline
lit by the factory light of a new dawn flare
where the hell am I
well, where the hell I am
fish for a big black '42 Ford and sail across a sea of unfathomable bliss
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
the weather is a melted candle
and your love is like Christmas tinsel
wrapping me in your sad luck dame blues
one more time, baby, one more dime
and I'll call you every name in the book
and I'll fall like a fish on the hook into purple dreams
of sea lions dancing on the dashboard
lit by Eiffel Tower flames
all for you, black-eyed baby blue,
all for you

"Teach a man to reason, and he'll think for a lifetime." -Phil Plait

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2011-09-21 04:10 AM

wrapping me in your sad luck dame blues
one more time, baby, one more dime
and I'll call you every name in the book
and I'll fall like a fish on the hook into purple dreams
of sea lions dancing on the dashboard

Well, dear Zach, this felt somehow like being on a crazy ride on the Russian mountains ... but wow, you have sprinkled the panorama with great imagery and the above quoted is especially fascinating.

Love,
Margherita

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-09-23 05:23 AM

Has the feel of a film noir, somewhere in the early to mid 40’s.
Very nice write.

Enjoyed.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-09-23 07:08 AM

Superbly, but superbly written, Zach. I could feel the world of drugs and music and street life spiralling out of control, faster and faster.

Owl

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

4 posted 2011-09-23 02:48 PM

Your poetry is so versatile and you never dissapoint, soul drifter.

Way cool!!

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