King Lear Tattoo
July 8, 2010 at 6:26 pm | Posted in poetry, writing | 10 CommentsTags: Edgar, King Lear, poetry, three card, writing
behind the mirror shades
the zap of flash bulbs
fades
three card slips into the back of the limo
exhales the long held breath
the Edgar engine purrs the street scene blurs
he drifts between the his the hearse
this strange and aweful awesome curse
where are we going to sweet Mamu
“when sudden lit beneath
a spotlight mooon,
he chuckles, wiggles
his Lear tattoo pay day
soon, accelerate,
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This is a fantastic poem
Comment by Artswebshow— July 8, 2010 #
Aweful awesome… Like it 🙂
Comment by Simonne— July 8, 2010 #
ah yes, the trademark slip and pull of the gingatao narrative… i reach the end and must cycle back,
Comment by gnunn— July 9, 2010 #
So mysterious this one. I enjoyed reading it out loud… Would love to hear you read it.
Comment by Cocoyea— July 9, 2010 #
You have many car poems, mysterious things happen in cars or as they drive.
It’s a breathing poem, too. Hard not to inhale in sync with the long held breath.
And so visual. I was picturing the reflection in the mirror shades, not quite sure what I was seeing, but bright sun light and earth.
His and hearse, now there’s a commentary!
Comment by alethakuschan— July 9, 2010 #
What a great scene you’ve created – love it 🙂 ‘the his the hearse’ is a brilliant touch.
Comment by Gabrielle Bryden— July 9, 2010 #
A palpable resignation. Tempted to get my hands on that Edgar engine and analyze its internal workings.
Comment by Brad— July 10, 2010 #
all of your last posts writing is spectacular, i too would love to hear this one read
Comment by tipota— July 11, 2010 #
Somewhere between heaven and hell, its beautiful :)!
Comment by Mental Mist— July 11, 2010 #
damn, take us on that ride too!!!… scary, funny, talkin heads sorta singin.. possibly the wiggling tattoo very “illustrated man” esque..
Comment by pieceofpie— July 13, 2010 #