Third-hand Glamour

Third-hand Glamour

            all

sinking epiphanies

of a postcard sleazy

city surpass an (un)

steady stream of

gamblers

slot machines

punters

titty-twisters

plungers

roulette wheels

dead celebrities

solemnizing

fleeting love

dancers

            shaking their

pathos into blank stares

(all

dizzying overindulgences,

encouraged soul surrender)

             desert

sand pancaked faces tipped

cacophonous neon sky-high

cowboys

distort already bleary eyes

            it’s vulgar

            bombastic

proudly tacky

            third-hand glamour

 I wanna go

***

It’s a good thing that my bud came through with a post-holiday prompt this morning. The newspaper bin was still full of yesterday’s edition so there was no crossword for me to do on the way to work.

Prompt was Las Vegas. It was fun.

In propinquity,

Nic

Venus, Decorated

Venus, Decorated

            a

Goddess

is ever so slightly

spun away from observers

reclining across a sultry bed

adorned w/ a silky overspread

gingery, upward sweeping strokes

define the curvy contours of her body

bowed out at the hip, in at the stomach

& out again at her soft willowy shoulder

her

body dictates

the gilded frame

the

masterpieces’ limits

commence at her slender foot

& conclude w/ her elegant elbow

            a

Goddess

            decorated

            for your pleasure

***

This little writing exercise from my bud was to create a work of art with words. Couldn't have come at a better time.

Did I succeed?

In propinquity,

Nic