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Aye, Bush Racks: U Can Wait |
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Ben Pike Junior Member
since 1999-11-14
Posts 20Southwestern Virginia |
Just residuals from when my wife went to the barber shop her poodle did what poodles do in his ashtray sand The man didn't understand never sitting in his chair what it is to trees rained on the shoreline beats never dying in shouts boats to the sea sand in their boots When spittle reaches warm brown fur Mutton rots just days to war Specks on the windshield join their siblings on TV it's said nothings good for free decadent ingrates bound for lust food alley in shiny caricatures of kids, adults Gone to see the rushes, the buicks, the fording at the Nixon But there was a time Given the chance (between what he eats and ****s there will be more) Navy cooking meat Jonathan Seal Talbot misses the 2 zillion dollar jackpot Illinois but wins ten cents stationed thumbs up in the sand part of your, my, our Desert Shield Groaning face down in the sand young George reaches between his legs and pulls the crusted prophylactic off. In the starless night it shimmers like a thousand points of view he cannot see. "An economic recession worldwide caused (if you will) by, say, a dictator will result secretary of state (will you) the third James Baker says you will have to cut back. No more damned double doses to that lawn imported from Kentucky to the prairie, you will have James Baker to cut but none will miss the fleece peace freeze seize bushes riding lambs bleat the hour of blood soaked oil so the willing fight to die for my right to big cars, phones, bartenders earned by looking another way while strong covert boys did their business to preserve the rich American pie cut equally cut responding to the news she cut to visiting dignitaries peddling drugs cut back to m t vision vee jay looking spaced, intervalled at grapes cutting lemons cut gun wails cut to Dan Quayle shoots himself in the rear ending speculation at his expertise marksmanshipped overseas to what money kept him out of back when he might have gotten hurt, cut. ------------------ "There are no survivors on this earth" -Juan Matus |
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roxane Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 505us |
there are so many good thoughts in this piece; maybe too many. every stanza seems to convey so much that it's diffcult not to find this confusing. i do, but i like it. maybe you could take one of the themes in this and write a poem about it. that would be much easier to understand in my opinion. anyways i'm really impressed with this. i hope to see some more of your work soon. |
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roxane Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 505us |
i wish that someone else would read this and give some insight. i guess i'll just have to boost it back up to the top. i thought that it was pretty good.  |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
I just wanted to say that I enjoyed this poem as well but I don't have time to say anything else right now. I'll try to get back to it as soon as I can. Brad PS Thanks to Roxane for keeping some of the good poetry around here in front of our eyes. |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
So Roxane you found this poem confusing ... hmmmm .... that gives me the green light to say that I couldn't figure out a word of it. Right from start to finish the whole thing was a mystery to me, AND YET for some reason I was drawn to it in the same way that I can't stop reading those poems of Dylan Thomas that I also find difficult. I dunno that its anything special about the poetry or the meter because there doesn't seem to be much meter. So I can only conclude that the attraction is its unusualness and the myriad fantastical images that are flung at the reader in quick sucession. Somebody else tell me WHY they like it please ... or even better explain it !! Philip PS what on earth is comparative mythology Ben? |
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DramaMama Junior Member
since 1999-10-28
Posts 47Louisiana |
I second that, Brad. What does this mean? I really have no clue. Pat |
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Willem Member
since 1999-11-18
Posts 139Inverness, FL, USA |
I'm sure that the basic message here is, "I'm not happy about a lot of things", but where's the poetry? Willem |
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