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After Hours

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Lucid, abusive
Tongue in cheek divine
Stupid, elusive
Lost soul of mine

A snap of orchestral fingers to summon the suave illustrator
Mohawk punks and minions to smash the limp masturbator

Loveless, acquiesce
Arpeggio flutter ripples
Convalesce, Fancy dress
Breasts with perky nipples

One or two drinks, make it three then five
Keeping the blood warm and love alive

Visceral, peripheral
Dark raven hair
Liberal, scriptural
I couldn’t even care.

I adored her all, her everything, her gleaming demeanor
The subtle wink of her eyes, the glow; even greener

Exotica, ex machina
Street amazon of desert glass sand
No drama, rural karma
Flesh sweating like the heat of Sudan

Dead singers like Cole and Morrison sing of paper moons and Crystal Ships
The mixed CD segues to U2, Pulp, and then The Flaming Lips.

"Nightingale", minor scale
The saxophonist played under the street lamp outside
Folktale female
“Another drink?” she abides, two glasses and wine supplied

On her balcony we watched and listened, to the call of urban passion
The wordless music we adored, a testament to our mutual attraction.
There's a deep sorrowful place in my heart for the night roamers of life. Especially in cities and places where it's common to see the struggling and insomniac writer huddled in a corner of a diner. To see late shift waitresses and artists loiter along the layered asphalt and bars. There is always much to be experienced and learned from this world. Amazing how the day calls for a different set of people; unique with jobs and rural families while the night was there to accompany the individuals who desire something more.

This was influenced by that idiom of living. Also, it can be a derivative of the film of the same name, "After Hours" by Martin Scorsese (1985)
Other such experiences would be Films like "The Addiction", "Bad Lieutenant", "Dark City", "Blade Runner", "Mulholland Dr", "Metropolis", "Chinatown", "American Psycho", "Fight Club", "Choke" , "Shame" and many more.

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy. Tell me what you think if you have the time.
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cremep0ps's avatar
This is gotta be in my top 10 list of all time favorite poems. So wonderful, I love the word choice and the way the words sort of flow. Amazing IMO.