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soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2011-10-17 11:57 AM

Amory Blaine in Reverse

Amory Blaine in reverse,
I drive a long black hearse
down Broadway most every night
a Duke Ellington vertical bird
sang the sweetest tune I ever heard
emotions more beautiful in black and white

An elegant flapper girl
she did unfurl
a martini pool to drown in
oh unmerciful world,
somehow I know you're bound to win
could you pretend to forget
what town I'm in
take the Gershwin from the machine
and lift this curse
oh Amory Blaine in reverse,
could I feel worse?

Rick Blaine in reverse,
in, out of love, I'm cursed
of all the gin joints in all the towns
in all the world, she walks into mine
she wafted through so very fine
and left me wasted in this burning sundown

An Ilsa Lund smile
she carried awhile
eyes darker than this wine
oh graceful jazz girl,
you are all that I'll ever have in mind
would you forget to pretend
this hole I'm in
leave the rotting roses on the door
you left me first
oh Humphrey Bogart in reverse,
this bubble has burst

You feel it too
you deal it,
this hand that I'm banking on
you'll pay too
criminal though it is
my heart without bliss
it's just a sneaking kiss
a Dashiell Hammett novel I read on the train
leading me away
leading me astray
from you
in the rain

Amory Blaine in reverse,
a drop to my dying thirst,
lost amid these Broadway plays
redemption in a woman's curls
the wind gusts in ballerina twirls
this drying painting been so hung-out for days

And so, this is me at my very worst
strung out on love, so faked, so rehearsed
oh Amory Blaine in reverse,
I am so immersed
Great Gatsby in flames,
and no one is to blame
a Fitzgerald novel I dream in the rain
washing me away
washing meaning away
from you
and this elegantly broken picture frame.

"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." —Neil deGrasse Tyson

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-10-17 12:10 PM

THIS is unique and very, very good. Tinseltown, flapper-girl is represented well here, as so are the tragicness of fervent, but misplaced, unresponsive love.

soul drifter, you grabbed me with this one.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-10-17 01:40 PM

"And so, this is me at my very worst
strung out on love, so faked, so rehearsed
oh Amory Blaine in reverse,
I am so immersed
Great Gatsby in flames,
and no one is to blame
a Fitzgerald novel I dream in the rain
washing me away
washing meaning away
from you
and this elegantly broken picture frame."

Extremely well written.

As Amory Blaine might say:

“Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”

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!

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