Mason/York

Judy Garland

Noel Coward. Oscar Wilde.

John O'Hara. Poetry

Cannot achieve the sweet perfection

Of a perfect piece of prose.

“If Love Were All” - a perfect song -

Not lugubrious, just true.

I had four loves. I lost them all.

And two of them I didn't want.

One of them I turned away

Or live with him in India.

And of the others – my sweet love -

I hounded him until he left.

And the 5^th one, 20 years.

I simply wasn't born to love.

Just to think about it.

But the voice of Judy Garland -

Sweet and clear - “If Love Were All” -

Inaudible for steel guitars,

Screaming madmen, drums and rap.

6-5-14

Keats & Love

So long I worshiped Keats

When Dr. Simons didn't -

In Keats lies all my madness

And my sanity.

I do have a heart.

Alas, it's just for Keats.

I love – but I don't love -

A shadow and a wish,

The promise of behavior

When I'm writing poesy

Or when I'm reading Keats.

 

Mason/York

Hateful Leffingwell -

An angel unawares -

Knew what people needed

And what they ought to say.

I always liked James Mason

And always thought that he

Resembled Michael York.

Leffingwell said no.

That ended the discussion

And also my opinion.

Ugly little Leffingwell,

Son of Jacqui Schiff.

 

Jeered At

2 a.m. at Denny's.

A guy with punctured ears

Jeered when I walked in.

Nobody before

Has jeered at me in Denny's,

Though I have expected it

For years.

I came to Denny's

Almost constantly

Before I lost the car,

My liberty, my rights.

 

The Debate

Here alone at Denny's

A student out of school

Is saying a discussion

(Creationism, Darwin)

Was very interesting.

Expressing no opinion,

Their conversation changed.

Anyone can say

The theory of creation

In a single sentence

Of eleven words or less.