Rock Star

Rock Star
by jamh
13-Aug-2011
 

So I tried to stand
on the old soap box

but my charm is wrapped
in an unfamiliar package

while yours flows
as easy as a smile

and as complicated
as no compromise.

All your stories
of travelling men,

adoring queens, whores,
torpor and booze

pale in comparison
to the way you feel

up there, the point
of the electricity

keeling through
the undulating algae.

I don't want to compare
what used to be,

what we used to call
the Splendor,

to this last encore,
this breath away, a note

jotted down hastily
as a famous last quote.

jam11

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jamh

Thank you both

by jamh on Tue Aug 16, 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Your comments made my day, which, up to now, hadn't been too hot. Thank you.


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vildemose

I second Anahid. This is a

by vildemose on Sat Aug 13, 2011 09:04 PM PDT

I second Anahid. This is a really powerful poem, multi-layered and deeply profound.

"There is enough in this world to meet every man's need but not every man's greed." --Gahndi


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Anahid Hojjati

Dear jam11, what a beautiful poem you have written

by Anahid Hojjati on Sat Aug 13, 2011 08:55 PM PDT

I always like your poems and this one is no exception. Actually, it is one of those poems that I will read multiple times and enjoy each time:"

I don't want to compare
what used to be,

what we used to call
the Splendor,

to this last encore,
this breath away, a note

jotted down hastily
as a famous last quote."

 


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