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6 Poems by Paul Trachtenberg |
LORETTA SENSES A STRANGER ON THE FARM Bell songs saturate the barn. The moon and the hay make it bright. The livestock dance until the rooster crows, "No More." The sows tap-dance the best of all. An eerie shadow though never seems to dissolve. Farm animals merrymaking hides it for awhile. The cows outside seem to love the shade. They are mystics. The cows want everything to be just right. They low if it isn't. Hens no longer giggle. Thunder smashes in with intense light. LORETTA'S SPRING THOUGHTS Maple leaves unfolding don't mean a thing. My nipples need love, finding a home. LORETTA'S CRUDENESS FRIGHTENS THE OLD LADIES An ogre snorts sex. Old ladies drinking tea rise from their velvet seats. Their blue bonnets sweep the gusty winds, leaving tales. Their only defenses are their tears and pairs of raised gloved hands. LORETTA DRIVES THE ELVES CRAZY Romancing near the window panes and on the roof attracts the elves. They're jigging and bringing goods down the chimney into the old farm kitchen. Grandmother's brewing. They get throat-blisters. The elves who follow after know better. Festivities. The cat and the mouse dance, as do many forks and spoons. Grandmother glues on her wooden shoes. My loved one's on the roof with the bird, lilies, frogs and cocks of romance. He comes down. They make love in front of the downstairs picture window. LORETTA MEDITATES ? SEX Like poetry, sex, they say is another crazy form for the absolute. The act incites her vertebrae to shatter. There's a break. It's now blissfully quite. Adverbs diminish. Concision rules. Words trip past wearing their little blue and white syllable sneakers. LORETTA AS AN AGING ACTRESS An old actress needs to lie on velvet amidst her fluffy cats. Old flicks flash by. Her mascara drips to her white shoes. She enjoys her teas and sneezes. (Her glory long since sped away on webs.) She shares her wigs with her mannequin. People pass by her window, are amazed and kiss her gossamer face. (from his SHORT CHANGES FOR LORETTA, Cherry Valley Editions, 1982) |
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