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  Demolition Man
« on: 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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  Re: Demolition Man
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 06:06:52 PM » by 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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  Re: Demolition Man
« Reply #2 on: 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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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer.... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.  A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.  ~E.B. White

  Re: Demolition Man
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2010, 08:12:20 PM » by Tom Riordan
love the way the ending swings, James...
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  Re: Demolition Man
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2010, 08:26:19 PM » by jamesthomashoward
grazi tom, cheryl. It was hard to resist this turning into a pornographic poem about balls...

james
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  Re: Demolition Man
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2010, 09:01:54 PM » by cherylleverette
OH!  Izzat what it's about???

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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer.... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.  A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.  ~E.B. White

  Re: Demolition Man
« Reply #6 on: 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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