This gleaning ape, wide awake to all he thinks he feels
Dead to romance tied to voyeurism
Questions carved in passing, biting at his heels
This scheming ape that treasures all his broken things
Rusted toys and tarnished optimism
Severed locks of amber hair and tattered apron strings
This dreaming ape, fast asleep behind the steering wheel
Cushioned in his private symbolism
Answers cast in caste encased in hurtling steel
Dead to romance tied to voyeurism
Questions carved in passing, biting at his heels
This scheming ape that treasures all his broken things
Rusted toys and tarnished optimism
Severed locks of amber hair and tattered apron strings
This dreaming ape, fast asleep behind the steering wheel
Cushioned in his private symbolism
Answers cast in caste encased in hurtling steel
13 comments:
You nailed me.
There is then a benefit to having no past to treasure and no future to ponder.
Interesting comments.
Yodood: not crucified I hope :]
Walking Man: a luxury not afforded this ape :)
I really love this piece.
Thanks for sharing.
i love your use of language, it always floors me. great imagery..
so the image...all he has to do is jump, right? no longer encased, no longer a voyeur?
Liza: Glad you enjoyed
Zoe: The image (to me) depicts the encasement - jumping is no answer
hmm-i was thinking more jumping in to, not jumping off of-i think it was the cape that did it for me. on the roof, i see the distance, the isolation, the observation, he's apart. but if he were to "take the leap," as it were...
sorry, didn't mean at all to sound grim!
Zoe: I get you now - yes. :)
you have conveyed ( for me) such a felt sense of being surrounded....and almost, almost oblivious
the image is so ... grey; quite effective
Harlequin: encased we are withing our little bone skulls
concrete monkeys riding steel buffalo... what is it that makes them transform when they hit the road? sooner run you over than put on the break... best to stay off the cross-walks and stay to the trail
Jon: encase in the steel buffalo the monkey feels invincible - splat!
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