medusa

[constantine]

i have grown under the tutelage of her eyes
basked in the warmth of the hearth
hungry, she fed me and
taught me the way of knife and fork,
i was schooled by her glances
and in my dreams her eyes followed me
she forgave and forbade my trespasses
my transgressions, once
she offered clemency for a kiss
but my timidity refused her
and she froze me with her pain

patiently she waits, the gracious one
her serpentine tresses coil and hiss
with the sibilance of the damned

(revised. original version: http://www.studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtop ... 69&t=16436)

[WIREMAN]

snakes on everything dino....she's been haunting me ever since as a little wired boy isaw a mask of her at the 5 & dime........

[constantine]

i liked those little turtles they had in the back of the store - the parakeets and canaries!

[WIREMAN]

little colored chickies for easter

[constantine]

on eastern ave., where i grew up - there were two 5 and dimes - one next to the other. woolworth's and a kresge's.

[WIREMAN]

highlandtown....right?????.....i had my wireman gallery there on conkling and eastern before i moved to hollins market with carole jean....i bet it was amazing place when we were kids.....my 5 and dime was in s.e. d.c. and the one in old downtown on g street, that's where i saw my 1st hobo's.....a much better term than homeless people.....

[judih]

woolworths, kresges, good for a fast medusa and a jar of paint

[still.trucking]

Funks for a roll of caps
I got my first six gun at Wooworths

I robbed six banks before they caught me


Thanks for the link to the other version dino,
Enjoyed them both very much

Funny thing is when I think about Medusa at all
Sylvia's Mother by Dr Hook comes to mind.
go figure

[dadio]

Fine poem.

[constantine]

right around the corner of eastern and conkling, wire. funk's was a neat spot too - less chain-like and more idiosyncratic. supplied testors for every glue head in the point, canton and all points east! thanks all for the nice comments.

[mnaz]

civilization... such an enigma! good one, dino. even young huck didn't wanta get "sivilized"... said twain.

[constantine]

familial experience sets the table, after that we're only eating what's been served.

[Doreen Peri]

you're one of the finest poets I know, dino!

"you're a genius, man"

[saw]

I like the revision.....in Hamilton we had the Woolworth's and the Kresges as well......and Murphy's, which had a first floor and a basement......it was magic......Woolworth's had a real soda fountain that made banana splits, malts and cherry phosphorous sodas ......had a popcorn machine and the latest albums.....the Arcade theater, where I saw my first horror movie.....
it reminded me of Medusa......."Black Sunday"......really creepy !