droning light afterswagger
droning lightsculpture
chequered office hub
towering
above the lavalamps
at streetlevel;
morphing hazeglowers
strangled by snakewires
whaling
a last smoke filled lungful
dot to dot 21st c. birdseye view
***
headscratching suitwearers are
hyperventilating
placing spare change out of order
on the dusty gritridden pavements
hiding
their sweatsoaked suits
with soiled handkerchiefs
***
clogged telepathic greetings
giving
electric shocks when received
the crosshatched wires
an insurged blanket
cloaking the city
***
the night fades in an upturned gradient
diffused by morning
the stumbling afterswagger begs
weaving
between trails of evaporated piss
and boxes of fleshless chicken
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Sat 19th Jun 2010 15:10
I think this is superb, absolutely fabulous. One of the definitions of 'true poetry' (can't remember whose) is that 'after you have 'paraphrased' all that you can, the words that are left constitute 'real poetry'. I think this poem qualifies.