Under a steel sun,
We confessed
Antimatter poems.
If only to know
How the wind
Narrows in on
The plume of road
Irrevocably.
This currency is unable to attend a bank,
Though it stands by the river
And pays for everything.
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the surrealist in me is scratching his cerebrals on this one, Bob — but it’s coming, it’s coming 🙂
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Haha! I’m not exactly sure I can put my finger in it either.
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thanks Bob: I’m waiting for the revelation 🙂 three tantalizing stanzas though —
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I absolutely love the first two stanzas!
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Thank you!!!!
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“How the wind narrows in on the plume of road” reminds me of cities with tall buildings and the way the wind picks up speed between them. Wind can be so annoying when it swirls, but one time wind made me happy. I was exiting the Metrodome (twins used to play there) and a gust sucked me off my feet and out of the stadium. Wild sensation. Anyway, this poem builds up to such a wonderful climax….wind or nature, I would think? “pays for everything.” ….just beautiful and such a potent reminder. Great job Bob.
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Thanks Steve, really glad you liked it. Buffalo can be really windy, being right on the lake, and I’ve had that feeling too of being swept up. Definitely a wild sensation. As for the end, I would have a difficult time myself putting a finger on what “pays for everything” I guess I’m okay leaving it unresolved.
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even better “leaving it unresolved.” there’s a jazz piano player and composer, Sun Ra, who encouraged us to focus on the unknown, that in there, is the answer, to creativity or at least i think he was referring to creativity.
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I’ve the Sun Ra song “dreaming” in my Spotify mix right now. I think you’re right about the tie with creativity. Thanks!!
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just typed “sun ra dreaming” into you tube. great sound. thanks. so generous our world’s you tube uploaders. lots of shitty weather and wars these days, but with spotify and you tube and all the other services, lots of music to drift away to, enjoy, and what not though there was something great about record stores, spending an hour or sometime more, thumbing through records and buying one we’d never heard of before. Have a great one Bob.
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I remember reading this the first time you posted it and enjoyed it then too. I love the relationship between the “steel sun” and “antimatter poems.”
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Thanks Sunra. I thought I’d give it a second chance, after I fixed it up a bit.
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This is great. Your poetry always stretches the limits of my imagination. Well done!
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Thank you!!!!
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Brilliant poem Bob! I especially like the first stanza!
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Thank you Nolsen! I’m glad you think so.
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