A Ferlinghetti Girl
Somewhere on 9th street
At the edge of the bar
she tells me
"I'm the night rider
I never go out like a light
but I would love to turn someone on"
I let the words stumble themselves out
while coney island comes to mind
I hope she still likes poetry in the morning
©2008-2009 `Drunken-Splice
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Was reading my favorite Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem from A Coney Island of the Mind (number 9) which I'm just going to left justify and type out here
See
it was like this when
we waltz into this place
a couple of Papish cats
is doing an Aztec two-step
And I says
Dad let's cut
but then this dame
comes up behind me
and says
You and me could really exist
Wow i says
Only the next day
she had bad teeth
and really hates
poetry
See
it was like this when
we waltz into this place
a couple of Papish cats
is doing an Aztec two-step
And I says
Dad let's cut
but then this dame
comes up behind me
and says
You and me could really exist
Wow i says
Only the next day
she had bad teeth
and really hates
poetry
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CommentsLove this. That last line is perfect.
Also, great imagery for only using only so many words. -- sappy songs about sex and cheating bland accounts of two lovers meeting make me want to give mankind a beating that is one of my favorite Ferlinghetti poems. i haven't thought about him in a long time.
-- If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't have the right to laugh at anyone else.  I like this. liked it even more once I'd read the Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem. very well done! -- even the garden of eden was just a big fancy cage. The Ferlinghetti poem is in the Artist Comments now, if you want to read that as well.
-- Hello Toilet *poisonedrose - thanks brett <£...ahhh brit love yours is better
 -- even the garden of eden was just a big fancy cage. Hidden by Owner
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is what i like to say. -- *OoOoo. Hidden by Owner
huh? Does this have to do with the poem here or my preview image/signature?
-- Hello Toilet *poisonedrose - thanks brett <£...ahhh brit love Hidden by Owner
Yes.
-- *OoOoo. I might be choosin this one... I love it
-- ~ForTheLoveOfMusic - group, ROCK ON! ~fortheloveofwords - group, all submissions earn multiple critques/reviews! my stock: [link] Je suis un Américaine ignorante; corriger mon français! |
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