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Death of a snooker player

The downhill man

Versace rags for clothes
He has powdered his nose
Quite appropriately
On the snooker table
The downhill man
In a hurricane
Tumbles
And the mighty fall
Frail a frame
and cigarette ash
triangle the tray and stub
the mountains of ready rub
reeks of nicotine
His polished teeth
Show off the sheen
Of tartar and tanin
He is glammin it up
As he staggers
With jittery movements
He heads for the cloth
Trembling hands soft
A lamp like moth
about to burn out.

Pot the yellow with mustard fingers
tear the green
and wither
wither with the boldest of names
the beginning of the alphabet
and the stamped words
in glass bottles
spell infedelity
and downfall
chalk blue with alcohol
as the cliff hanger
white ball
takes trajectories unplanned
the turn of the hand
rolls over green to die

under spotlight
and dry coughs
under hazy smoke
and corporate scoffs
when you lose
but most of all
wither

The final frame
Is the final clout
Of galvanised nails
Where once gold guild was implied
In coffin lids
In an epitaph
Chiselled
He glides only under
No pocket of wonder
Is a saviour
No cigarette sponsor
Would act braver
Than to wash their hands of him.

◄ corn fed if it kills me

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Comments

<Deleted User> (5984)

Tue 20th May 2008 12:13

I agree with Carol, this poem is very atmospheric. Fantastic imagery I love your internal rhymes and rhythms, which suit your poetry so well.

Mel
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Pete Crompton

Tue 20th May 2008 00:56

a thousand thank you's
Antonioni I had to get last train, I did not feel up to going inside, just had a bad mood. Various reasons. Just a bad day.

Jefforama - great to meet you too!

Sandy a thousand thanks again....I though you in IRELAND ? / ?

well you know this poem is kinda fitting for many who fall.....

<Deleted User> (3509)

Mon 19th May 2008 09:04

Lovely use of words and imagery. As well as performance your work looks really good on the page.

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Jeff Dawson

Sun 18th May 2008 23:40

Great stuff, Pete, I could have been at the crucible! Great to meet you tonight, and it helps reading your poetry - now I have seen you perform - to know how you would say it, makes it even better.

Nice one! Good to meet Cayn last night too, and don't forget to let me know about anything you sort out, wouldn't mind being involved, cheers see you soon, Jeffarama!

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carol falaki

Sat 17th May 2008 18:02

This is atmospheric Pete

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