cup a joe's

Discussion in 'Poetry' started by fulmah, Nov 18, 2004.

  1. fulmah

    fulmah Chaser of Muses

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    Now they line up: Five Point’s art freaks,
    ultra suede and corduroy coats cut up
    and stitched into patchwork Picasso cubes
    lending suave character for Anti’s Calvin Klein –
    attend, attest, kids! College coffee constitutes
    your haunted hereafter, the coaxed pathos
    evolving master satire poet’s laughter!
    Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

    This maniacal antagonist drifts
    on cigarette smoke’s curling wisps
    and lingers on Zeppelin’s heavenly stair
    as a mild hallucinated poetic Voltaire.

    Look at em, the prolific corps,
    Philosophy 101 in hand, advertising
    interest as introspect as intellect;
    rejecting Alpha, convening Omega
    on that wall, there; sculpted oh- oh- vulgar…
    and God forbid those gung-ho tricks
    attracts girls… karma-quality
    shall impede you, wretched lot.

    She enters as a portent, passion’s hourglass,
    brown ringlets spiraling in helix typecast.

    Pause poem’s progress. We’ve a queen!
    Finger the fanfare notes! Hang the phoenix-
    flowers along these Babylonian walls
    and plunge headlong into rediscovered Eden.
    On bent knee, take her hand to pledge
    tantric matrimony on union’s alter.
    Whisper… I’d take vows right now
    to relax, control breath’s cadence and wade
    your amaretto gaze behind dark mascara’s veil.
    I’d part those pretty thighs, adopt the ideal asana,
    spread your yielding labia gates
    and stimulate wetness beyond
    wildest imagination.

    Snap to, fantasizing poet, she left and time traveled
    to historic teenage pouts –alone-so-alone—
    lament her passing by your tilted, broken table,
    become but a tint emboldened in your book.
    A sorry sob story. A chick flick. Pathetic
    for one possessing Shakespeare’s pen.

    He climbs the covered stairs,
    distorted into despair’s cruel joke
    exits onto the upper deck
    and enters the ABC,
    heartbroke.
     
  2. KittenX

    KittenX Purrrific

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    Wonderful, poetic perfection even. I have to dwell on each stanza. And my words can do this no justice. Is this an oldy or a newbie? Just curious. Lovely crush on a stranger thrown in there and such keen, rich observations, the entire piece made me beam. :)
     
  3. StickyPoohy

    StickyPoohy Member

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    Nice one, fulmah...Here we go!!!


    S
     
  4. osiris

    osiris Senior Member

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    And yea unto thee I could say: the genius is an idiot! Caught in the Moment, rejects the passion play by static mind encased in time has passed by and left us to dry. Light the fire, burn to ash, and have the choir kiss your ass. Who needs that shit anyway? Just open the gates with token display, take the cake and make the ache go away!

    eMBeMLaHV! :)

    P.S. I feel compelled to state that this was my 470th post.
     
  5. sylvanlightning

    sylvanlightning Prismatic Essence

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    Well Done! You wove the coffee shop around me.
    Sighs and cheers to day dreaming losses and the glamour of the unknown.
     
  6. fulmah

    fulmah Chaser of Muses

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    Thanks for the comments, all, that you took the time to read a rather long one is touching... I was rather pleased with this one, as well! It took longer to write than they usually do.

    I offer a ten second moment of silence in it's honor, brother... :)
     
  7. SelfControl

    SelfControl Boned.

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    It's nice that, alongside the traditional slackjawed lipstick anarchists, there's actually some intelligent people slating the intelligensia. What the hell do they see in coffee anyway?
     
  8. LaurelBayTree

    LaurelBayTree Senior Member

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    This is beautiful...ironically i used to work at cup-a-joe...the one on hillsborough street :)
     
  9. fulmah

    fulmah Chaser of Muses

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    thanks for the replies, selfcontrol and Laurel!

    My old roommate used to work there too; not for long though; the owners got to em.... really hard on their employees. but they got good coffee! :)
     

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