Music: ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVaWhqLWMTs&feature=BFa&list=AL94UKMTqg-9BGvGMrZINrfihkgdEpfdhQ ) Eurythmics - Greetings from a Dead man
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I saw a tiger at the zoo
Magnificent beauty incarnate
Tourists
Ramshackle and ragamuffin
Gawked
While
It paced
It paced
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
For release
Movement metered
Carefully considered
Rather than release
Each progression
Sensuous touch
Built tension
Envious
Built tension
Envious
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
Ready
For release
I saw a tiger at the zoo
Coat shimmered
Shinned
Occasionally allowing
Its keeper
To keep her
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
Ready
For release
I saw a tiger at the zoo
Harmless seeming
No teeth displayed
Unlike the ungainly lioness
Or leopards mouth agape
Biding time
Using thin black line
To hide ivory daggers
All the while
Claws retracted
One look in her eyes
Displayed
Waiting game
Feigned
Taking in all
Seeking information
Or distraction
Anything
To provide
An action
Ready
For release
Waiting
For release
Longing
For release
I saw a tiger at the zoo
Wow... I cannot comment here what this music means to me in the soundtrack of my life... a VERY DARK and VERY STRANGE time in my life... I totally forgot about it... but as for the poem, it is rhythmic, pulsing and (maybe because of the music, thanks to you bringing it back into my memory)... very sexual.
ReplyDeleteI tried for the poem NOT to be sexual. Ahh well. Such is life. Thank you for your kind words and critique!
DeleteWell I did try for it to be sensual... so I guess it worked.
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