binary equations decide emotion. "i was
such a fool," he tells her between raindrops:
like the plopping drips
like the plopping drips
her anger blips into forgiveness and probability
of sex (that's how those chiseled jaws
get laid) while we, so foolishly
real, have no such luck:
she'll hurt for a week and make no love.
why should she? "your touch means nothing
anymore," she might explain,
why should she? "your touch means nothing
anymore," she might explain,
if she speaks at all. years go by, veins push
out the wrinkling youth preserved
nowhere but on film; as she passes
through the years we'll watch the distance
grow between the starlets and the mirror.
all this! but unseen on the shadowed porch, her laugh
all this! but unseen on the shadowed porch, her laugh
was always glamour's brightest gleam.
7/22/08
for a generation raised on tv shows proclaiming "EMOTIONS IS SERIOUS BISNISS," we sometime seem a rather detached, morose bunch.
ReplyDeleteWhat is life without grit?
ReplyDeleteShould problems really be solved in 5 minutes?
Should the good guy always win?
I find reality thrilling in contrast to the ideal nature of movies.