- Erotic Poetry
- Priceless
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my old Sony boombox: $100: musical and poetical communion with Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Trent Reznor and others
one US Airlines Ticket to Hawaii: $750, exposure to a mute version of the "Smallville" movie: vistas of black volcanic rock, jacuzzi visions of my island kingdom, friendship with a 6-foot sea tortoise
dinner for two at the Black Sheep, 10 drinks: $82.75, a mild hangover: a night with Aphrodite, induction into watersports, fond memories
a bag of weed, a plain, red glass bong:$115, my work ethic for a couple days, sound sleep: tutorship by Orpheus, an opportunity to write "The Borderlands"
a gold watch by Seiko: $150, my frugality: a daily reminder of my value, dreams of myself as a movie star
a one year subscription to Discover: $45, humanist enlightenment: membership in the brave new scientific world, an opportunity to learn of humanity's brotherhood with life from the depths of the sea to the depths of the earth
a realist: the solaces of cynicism, the ecstacies of optimism: a man who knows both the price and the value of things
- COMMENTS
LeBrozover 16 years agoThis poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 37,000 poems.
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KOLKOREover 17 years agoThis is your best catalog yet - I marveled on it.
I am reminded of the extensive use of catalogs in classics such as “Moby-Dick” and less known as “Gargantua and Pantagruel” (the latter hilarious). But the closest association was the credit card commercial (still running) which lists merchandise or services plus a priceless exception - great idea.
tungtied2uover 19 years agoI'm really enjoying the different approaches you're taking. Keep surprising me...I love unusual and inventive, and that you are.
annaswirlsover 19 years agohmmmm still pondering humanist enlightenment... I want a poem on that :)
congrats!
flyguy69over 19 years agoI enjoyed this foray into a new form. Well done, and an "E" to boot!
I was puzzled by the grammar a little: you seem to set up a scale in each stanza with the dollar value as a fulcrum, but you are not consistent. Is this intentional?
