The Literati

She speaks with a smokers voice
and talks long fingers in the air
scarlet claws unsheathed sharp
night' s breath escapes its lair.

Once she'd tango on top of the town
paint rainbows on erections she built.
Now she just bores at literary clubs
tanked with gin to the hilt.

Sent by Mama out into the world
a Valkyrie to walk amongst stars
she left and never looked back
only lesions leave a scar

Papa predicted she'd do well
So imbibed with his genes and flair
She wears his favourite high backed collars
and strides with a masculine air.





Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2013-03-09 at 20:11

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Eli The PoetBay support member heart!
I love it.
2013-03-11



She sounds like a peach.

I'm the shy, retiring type, just the thought of her has me looking for the exit.

I like the smoker's voice, though. It humanizes her, shows an imperfection. I mean, besides being a bitch.

Sorry if that's politically incorrect. It seems to sum it up.
2013-03-10



Well developed portrait. The end-rhymes, rarely used by you in your postings here, give it a pleasing ballad-like effect.

William
2013-03-10


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Viciously amusing. Apparently, she has met her match.
2013-03-10


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Boy, do I recognise this one! The intellectual bully without a creative thought in her head but all the credintials.
2013-03-10


countryfog
There was a time when I would have almost had to read it (into it) as a commentary on the Women's Movement, Betty Friedan and her cohort of literary harridans who had the unlikely label of 'feminists.' No doubt I am being too hard on them, great things have been achieved in the years since, though I'm not sure it was because of them or in spite of them. I love the delicious double entendre in the second stanza second line, perhaps not intended and only an old man's sense of humor.
2013-03-10


Ivan R
Everything in this poem is a scene,
it is a stage to watch, itś a drama, it is really a thing to watch
2013-03-10


ngaio Beck
Like it or not,it creates a very clear picture. I lke It!
2013-03-10



An excellent poetic scene. Its details jump out from its lines with a very palpable mood & lively detail bursting with secrets & possibilities. Thanks for sharing.
2013-03-09