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medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 8:37 am
by constantine
i have grown under the tutelage of her eyes
basked in the warmth of the hearth
hungry, she fed me and
taught me the way of knife and fork,
i was schooled by her glances
and in my dreams her eyes followed me
she forgave and forbade my trespasses
my transgressions, once
she offered clemency for a kiss
but my timidity refused her
and she froze me with her pain
patiently she waits, the gracious one
her serpentine tresses coil and hiss
with the sibilance of the damned
(revised. original version:
http://www.studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtop ... 69&t=16436)
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 9:05 am
by WIREMAN
snakes on everything dino....she's been haunting me ever since as a little wired boy isaw a mask of her at the 5 & dime........
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 9:29 am
by constantine
i liked those little turtles they had in the back of the store - the parakeets and canaries!
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 9:34 am
by WIREMAN
little colored chickies for easter
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 10:17 am
by constantine
on eastern ave., where i grew up - there were two 5 and dimes - one next to the other. woolworth's and a kresge's.
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 10:51 am
by WIREMAN
highlandtown....right?????.....i had my wireman gallery there on conkling and eastern before i moved to hollins market with carole jean....i bet it was amazing place when we were kids.....my 5 and dime was in s.e. d.c. and the one in old downtown on g street, that's where i saw my 1st hobo's.....a much better term than homeless people.....
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 12:53 pm
by judih
woolworths, kresges, good for a fast medusa and a jar of paint
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 2:08 pm
by still.trucking
Funks for a roll of caps
I got my first six gun at Wooworths
I robbed six banks before they caught me
Thanks for the link to the other version dino,
Enjoyed them both very much
Funny thing is when I think about Medusa at all
Sylvia's Mother by Dr Hook comes to mind.
go figure
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Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 2:27 pm
by dadio
Fine poem.
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 3:55 pm
by constantine
right around the corner of eastern and conkling, wire. funk's was a neat spot too - less chain-like and more idiosyncratic. supplied testors for every glue head in the point, canton and all points east! thanks all for the nice comments.
Re: medusa
Posted: January 15th, 2011, 5:42 pm
by mnaz
civilization... such an enigma! good one, dino. even young huck didn't wanta get "sivilized"... said twain.
Re: medusa
Posted: January 16th, 2011, 11:37 am
by constantine
familial experience sets the table, after that we're only eating what's been served.
Re: medusa
Posted: January 16th, 2011, 4:02 pm
by Doreen Peri
you're one of the finest poets I know, dino!
"you're a genius, man"
Re: medusa
Posted: January 17th, 2011, 12:02 pm
by saw
I like the revision.....in Hamilton we had the Woolworth's and the Kresges as well......and Murphy's, which had a first floor and a basement......it was magic......Woolworth's had a real soda fountain that made banana splits, malts and cherry phosphorous sodas ......had a popcorn machine and the latest albums.....the Arcade theater, where I saw my first horror movie.....
it reminded me of Medusa......."Black Sunday"......really creepy !