Play the 45 Soul

Play the 45

singing through wires
surprise spirits
leaped into bed
rioting between sheets
calling of Barnabas
the shadow in dark

left stark a stare
strange sacrifice
fell asleep
no memory
woke up
in Forest Hills

mirrored walls
blue door
black silk beneath bottoms
a line of exotic shoes
snakes, gators
mohair and his leopard underwear

singing "promise that you'll wait"
holding a glass of Muskatel
"it will go down swell'
player roll old soul on 45
stereophonic sound

sealed seventies luxuries
so said
tried to snuggle inside a place
pledge godly
promise to another

he promises to wait
this time
letting passion sleep
if only tonight


© 2010 Lepadah

. capitol records



From: trkyounger (trkyounger)
Last Visit: 4:26 PM

To: lepadahxxx



...great piece of writing.

Your book is going to be great.

This reads like a Shange.

peace

Obatala

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New comment:
| Author: Ravenshakti
| Title: You Rock Lepadah!

5

You got me with this one…


Your first stanza pulled me in- and wouldn’t let go…
Which is good, because after reading the entire poem;
I’m gratefully blown away!


This is the only way I can say it.


So there it is…exquisite, is the word.


Gentle regards,


Raven


“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”


-Michelangelo

Members comments:

+ liked the style
Diana Todea
[05.Aug.10 15:15]
I see here a new style of writing emerging in you with rich images. Maybe it's old you know it better, but I liked what you did here. Hope to see more of your poems. Cheers, Diana.
= Comment
Lydia Percy
[05.Aug.10 18:25]
Hello Diana,

Thank you for the read I am glad you enjoyed this piece.

Peace L
+ Loved this one too-
John Willy Kopperud
[05.Aug.10 18:46]
-and that soul on 45 fits so nicely in with the other images! One title from the sixties (I think that track was with Aretha Franklin) comes to mind: "Midnight train to Georgia."
Cheers from Willy

Diana Todea
[05.Aug.10 15:15]
I see here a new style of writing emerging in you with rich images. Maybe it's old you know it better, but I liked what you did here. Hope to see more of your poems. Cheers, Diana.
= Comment
Lydia Percy
[05.Aug.10 18:25]
Hello Diana,

Thank you for the read I am glad you enjoyed this piece.

Peace L
+ Loved this one too-
John Willy Kopperud
[05.Aug.10 18:46]
-and that soul on 45 fits so nicely in with the other images! One title from the sixties (I think that track was with Aretha Franklin) comes to mind: "Midnight train to Georgia."
Cheers from Willy
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Corina Gina Papouis
[10.Aug.10 14:33]
i shall join my previous commentators complementing you on this vivid and accelerating style, this poem came to me like a biography...(last stanza a typo! either promised/ or promises)
Cheers from me too!