Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOKING AT IMAGES REFLECTED IN THE SHOWCASE PLATE GLASS, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ours is the country of jack armstrong | ||||||||
Ours is the country of Jack Armstrong. Long buildings exploding, earthquakes, floods. Mass murderer lining up teenagers. Heather says all she needs is a post office and a liquor store -- one liquor store, one post office. I'm stuck in the city in a long dark subway tunnel. She sneers driving for hours across blacktop, with giant breasts winking at her from billboards. I say look on the bright side, it's not all shallow or grim. We got Smurf and Cabbage Patch, Nintendo and Pac-Man. And we've found a way to dance to the slow heartache music Trudy the waitress keeps punching all day at the drive-in burger joint. True, we could ask for more but hey! around here we count our blessings. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR REVELATION AT CAP FERRAT by CLARENCE MAJOR SAND FLESH AND SKY by CLARENCE MAJOR A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR AGING TOGETHER by CLARENCE MAJOR AT THE ZOO IN SPAIN by CLARENCE MAJOR ATELIER CEZANNE by CLARENCE MAJOR BALLROOM DARK by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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