Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Is this collection of words but a literary footnote?

The Alternating Currents of 1934





With your skin dry


Of Norwegian soap


Tucked away


Pleasantly


In the dark night,


Without a prince,


Illuminated by coal


You and your girl


and your steed


Muscled and beautiful


Settling the thought critics


The Poetry Police,


Who were you then?


Who are you now?


What have you become?





Their eyes are bloody,


Your skin is rigid.Is this collection of words but a literary footnote?
I don't think I can say that anyone will understand a word of what you are trying to say. You are obviously trying to say something. I recognize lines from old poems, references to other poets, even I don't quite understand.


Focus your thoughts. A tiny glass can burn a hole in skin. You have the mind and the words, put them together.Is this collection of words but a literary footnote?
In the long shadow of Time, all is a literary footnote...here and now, this is a poem, complete with characters right out of central casting. Thanks for sharing.
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