Walk, fire, unimaginative wretch -
Draw to me the daydream
Scene. Dreaming whilst awake,
Of palm tree trails and fields
Of tangerines. Those muddy
Childhood time travails, when nothing
Else was cared. I took the
Kissing dare, remember -
Doctor Pepper bottle twirling.
It found me, extemporaneous
Romance, fledgling testosterone,
Swirling as a snake in slow-
Mo, black and white. It bit me
In a blast of
Freeze-frame recollection -
Iodine and silver photograph
Materializing through magnesium
Smoke - flash - bang!
And there I was again, scowling
Back at me.
O wretched are
These palm tree trails and
Tangerines, to tease me
From a hum-drum stage today -
This fluorescent, no-view room.
Redrawn and revised,
Romanticized and faded -
Coal walk fire, associative,
No-name by-line sound bite
Memory - milkshake spoon-straws
Prod my history, drawing
Happenstance - teeth and weeds and
Bullfrog races, creek fish,
Cane rods, red streak bobbers -
Daydream monkey -
Nut box hand trap -
Can’t let go from here.
*From the book: Vapours of Promise, ©2004 - ISBN 1-59526-352-7
that took me back to my bful childhood days...! ! ! :) great poem
Ah, sweet memories of carefree childhood, filed away so long ago... emerge, leaving us with a terrible longing to have them back...if only for a day, for a moment. 'You let me see the world Through your beautiful eyes And for the first time In such a long, long time It's as though I can see it With the carefree spirit Of the child I used to be...Before the worry Before the pain Before the heartache. It looks like my long lost Memories, so sweet...'
hey! i really liked this! ~ cool & original ~ for what is usually a hackneyed motif. SusxGLx
I love to daydream - this brought back some old memories of growing up. Loved it. Charmaine x
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Keen free-association of sound-bites. Beating my brain like a drum.