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Demolition Man
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February 07, 2010, 02:26:12 PM »
by
jamesthomashoward
The craning necks
of rainwet women
are swiveling chairs
from which all plans
become. Then I come
and unplan them.
Any underlit line
on the ordered blue-print
is chalk for my cue
to destroy. So I pot
it easily
(this wrecking ball)
––though I keep
the meaning englobed
because there was a time that I fell,
brother. And how
could I be so clumsy
as to call this my phallus?
No, it is better to be aplomb:
the king of fruits is the plum,
the bestial black hole
lies asleep in my eyelids,
and the logical conclusion
of it all is simplicity.
Is simplicity.
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February 07, 2010, 06:06:52 PM »
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Tom Riordan
Very good reading here on first read, James. Enjoyable, keeps me curious and happy all through, and then ready to go back for another read. Tom
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February 07, 2010, 06:58:36 PM »
by
cherylleverette©
Yes, this has to be read at least twice for the sheer joy of it. ...will be back.
cheryl
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"...I did not know what to say, my mouth had no way with names, my eyes were blind, and something started in my soul, fever or forgotten wings, and I made my own way, deciphering that fire, and I wrote the first faint line, faint, without substance, pure nonsense, pure wisdom...." ~ Pablo Neruda
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February 08, 2010, 08:12:20 PM »
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Tom Riordan
love the way the ending swings, James...
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February 08, 2010, 08:26:19 PM »
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jamesthomashoward
grazi tom, cheryl. It was hard to resist this turning into a pornographic poem about balls...
james
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February 08, 2010, 09:01:54 PM »
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cherylleverette©
OH! Izzat what it's about???
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"...I did not know what to say, my mouth had no way with names, my eyes were blind, and something started in my soul, fever or forgotten wings, and I made my own way, deciphering that fire, and I wrote the first faint line, faint, without substance, pure nonsense, pure wisdom...." ~ Pablo Neruda
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February 11, 2010, 07:20:25 PM »
by
Tom Riordan
What it's about...
This kind of poem with absurd and whimsical elements and energies seems to tread a very fine line between not quite meaning enough and meaning just a little too much, and there's no saying that every reader doesn't have a different line. I have enjoyed reading this over and over, and still wish for one more crumb of understanding "what it's about"....
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