No Accounting

by David RL Moore

Monday 4th November 2024 3:23 pm

The Jag is in the driveway

behind the iron gates,

the home was christened "My-Way"

(he who loses hesitates)

All the frills are garish

from The Pillars to The Pool,

the gothic-faux nightmarish

its rendition most uncool.

The topiary is phallic

it's freudiently flawed,

the colour palette so manic

passing psychopaths applaud.

A bronze eagle guards the doorway

it's talons dipped in gold,

Munch's art screams in the hallway

a fucking car-crash to behold.

A kaleidoscope of carnage

a tragedy of taste,

like a turd that can't be varnished

or a Henry Moore defaced.

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David RL Moore

Fri 8th Nov 2024 06:24

Thanks for the new likes and to Martin for his comments.

David RL Moore

Martin Peacock

Thu 7th Nov 2024 09:06

Expertly wrought, David. It could be written about Trump's new best friend, Musk. And i love the line, "it's freudiently flawed".

David RL Moore

Thu 7th Nov 2024 06:44

Thanks for the new likes and to Stephen for the comment.

Gold bathroom fittings are up there with the worst offenders, the go to decor of tyrant dictators.

David

Stephen Gospage

Wed 6th Nov 2024 21:50

Superbly written, David. I never did get round to ordering that gold-plated toilet.

David RL Moore

Wed 6th Nov 2024 14:34

Thanks Tom,

nothing wrong with a gnome or two.

Hope you are well.

David

TOM MERTON

Wed 6th Nov 2024 09:24

Thank you for the explanation David. Fortunately I wasn't a million miles away from what your poem was actually about.

I'll just go out and say good morning to my garden gnomes and gate posts stone lions. 😀

David RL Moore

Wed 6th Nov 2024 06:45

Hi Tom, thanks for your reading and comment.

I hadn't really thought about the poem in terms of aspirations. I was leaning more toward bad taste, although I see how that ties in with your thinking.

Of course bad taste knows no social / class boundaries.

The desire to project ones perception of material wealth seems a basic human instinct in these shallow days.

David

TOM MERTON

Tue 5th Nov 2024 12:35

Correct me if I'm wrong David but I think it is safe to say that the ' keeping up with the Jones's bullshit ( which this piece comes over as to me ) due to the present financial climate is now dead in the water-thank f!- cheers muchly.

David RL Moore

Tue 5th Nov 2024 07:57

Thanks to RBK and Tobani for the likes.

David

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