Liked the seed imagery, Kenneth. Forgive my ignorance, what is a peach cobbler?
BW
On 23/10/2012, at 11:19 PM, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Maybe I should write more at 3:35 when I have insomnia…. Thanks, Andrew.
>
> K
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> On Oct 23, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Like this a lot, Kenneth. The tone of the title, too, works wonderfully in
>> an ironic tone against the wave of the poem. Great! Andrew
>>
>> On 23 October 2012 17:08, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> PEACH COBBLER
>>>
>>> You met me in a diner on Route 9
>>> somewhere up the Taconic,
>>> and I bought you coffee and peach cobbler.
>>> I lusted after you at once
>>> and you knew it. Was I that obvious?
>>>
>>> You wiped whipped cream from your mouth
>>> and of course I saw it differently,
>>> dismissive gesture, eradication,
>>> nullity, not cruel rejection
>>> but unmistakable, despising my seed.
>>>
>>> Nothing would grow, ever--
>>> only my thoughts of you, in a sad diner
>>> near a traffic circle where a cop
>>> came in on break, drank his coffee, ate
>>> his peach cobbler, and then left.
>>>
>>> When I drove off it was early morning
>>> and the sunglare was appalling, bouncing
>>> off the hood and wrapping me in darkness
>>> at 8 AM on the Taconic State Parkway,
>>> listening to talk radio and talking to myself.
>>>
>>> KW
>>>
>>> (The Taconic State Parkway runs from just north of New York City and ends
>>> around Albany, the State Capital. I was picturing a spot about 30 miles
>>> north of the city line,)
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> 'Undercover of Lightness'
>> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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