Hi Grassy,
Some thoughts,
L2 - 'twitchy with his glass' is an uncomfortable phrase for me - maybe the
twitch, or maybe the glass - not sure which. Actually a few phrases give me
pause - due to lack of familiarity i think - eg 'the rule of stockings'.
I think I didn't 'get it'. Sorry.
Cheers,
Frank
>Megaera in the Cocktail Hour
>
>She is standing with the dark-eyed man
>in the corner. He is twitchy with his glass,
>casting glances at the wall where the clock
>escaped. It is because, his teeth remarked,
>he has to be elsewhere, locking the gate
>against defenders. She has been through
>several sieges, has eaten ripe, unnamed flesh
>and sucked on roast rat-tails.
>She reaches down with tended talons,
>tweaks the rule of stockings
>which she wears on her shinbones
>as a statement of entente.
>
>Icebergs clink in crystal,
>liners cruise proud and unprepared
>across the carpet. Passengers wave
>from the shore, their journey in the air.
>She is growing feathers as he squirms.
>She preens, pecks, crows 'Darling.'
>He is nestward bound, destined
>to feed her green and gold fledglings.The rush
>of wings bears him out into the car-park
>and pins him to leather. He has no chance
>to semaphore. He misses Mayday.
>
> grasshopper
>
>
The Tales of Faust poetry page can be found at:
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~flp/F_index.htm
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