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This is Constantine's artlog. He posted his poems in his own artlog forum for several years. He named the forum "Constantinople" and described it as "A byzantine journey through life's labyrinth."
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Post by constantine » May 21st, 2008, 12:20 pm

english major on the rocks
bloody mary - celery stalk
ice cubes melting
vodka, clear as water
i know what i'm getting into
and where it will end
i like to read the ending first
and then figure out how to get there
the path of least resistance
wherever i hang my hat
an actor that stays in character
i specialize in supporting roles
giving cues and playing off lines
strictly method
that's me
the girl with the method
i attract little men with big cigars
big dreams - fast eddies
and they see in me
what they can't see in themselves
and i see it too
like vodka - like water
seen it all before
don't think i'll see it again

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Post by gypsyjoker » May 21st, 2008, 12:49 pm

constantine wrote:
i know what i'm getting into
and where it will end
i like to read the ending first
Which movie is that from?
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'Blessed is he who was not born, Or he, who having been born, has died. But as for us who live, woe unto us, Because we see the afflictions of Zion, And what has befallen Jerusalem." Pseudepigrapha

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Post by constantine » May 21st, 2008, 1:15 pm

the hustler is the movie i'm drawing from.

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Post by gypsyjoker » May 21st, 2008, 5:37 pm

I was pretty sure
my reaction to the poem was almost subliminal
I saw the movie almost fifty years ago when it first came out

amazing how you distilled the essence of her character
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Post by Arcadia » May 21st, 2008, 7:01 pm

the hustler? I´ll have both to google it and search for the word in the S & S!! no idea!!!!! but I liked the last lines of the poem!!!!! :)

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