ADULTS SWIM HERE
“faces of the unending night”
A ttractions and repulsions
splendid revulsions
precarious fragility
a mysterious dance
on the razor’s edge
of balanced tolerance
messy romance
relativity’s fabric
tangled taut
in perception’s cloth
so forever caught
reality’s delusion
fantasy’s inclusion
leave no doubt
the inside’s out
the seductive promise
the eternal question
the elusive answer
the sequin’d dancer
the everlasting bastion
of almost truth
in far flung fashion
blessed uncouth
the painted youth
a siren’s call
an ever wondering
a reason why
because it is all
before the fall
the rudely gall
cause of fiction
source of myths
sparks of friction
fountainhead
of superstition
ghastly beautiful
contradiction
this magnificent obscurity
this source of mystery
this illusion you see
is reality to me
and he and she
to us
on the night bus!
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rob kistner © 2021
Poetry at: The Sunday Muse
Love the “relativity’s fabric” stanza and the rolling flashes of club kids on an eternal party bus. 🙂
Glad you like it Chrissa!
Illusion illusion! Where is the reality?
Happy Sunday Rob
Much love…
Much love to you Gillena?
Absolutely one of your finest ~~ ever!!
Thank you Helen… 🙂
A wonderful play on words in this one, Rob. Well done.
Thank you Sherry… 🙂
I’ll ride that bus. I love those first two songs…hadn’t heard the last one until now. I love Mott the Hoople’s version of Dudes where Ian Hunter goes “You, with the glasses!” A male DJ friend’s roommate was way into Mott, Lou Reed, Roxy Music et al, and introduced me to it way back in the day.
Shay, I road that bus until my beautiful flickered, dimmed, and died. A wonderful ride! Some fabulous, unforgettable bus-mates. Bowie wrote and produced that song for Ian Hunter at a time when MTH was actually breaking up. One of my favorite songs over the years. Lou’s “Walk” is also incredible. I covered both of these songs in my Myles R. Gyles & The Sox band in ‘72. I just like Monáe‘s tune because it reminds me of Prince in his ‘80’s best.
“relativity’s fabric / tangled taut / in perception’s cloth” – fantastic. Love the energy and drive and rhythm of the whole thing.
Thank you JR!
A mysterious dance indeed! Some excellent rhyming going on here Rob! Always wonderful to see you at the Muse!
Thanks Carrie! As Tess’s brilliant Magpie disappears further and further into the clouds of time, Sunday Muse stands as my prompt site of choice. Keep up the wonderful inspiration.
“ghastly beautiful
contradiction”
A paradox is easy to fall in love with.
Every time…
Hey Rob, “on the razor’s edge of balanced tolerance
(of a) messy romance,” just remember those night
busses stop running at midnight. Take the Tube.
..
This night bus never stops running Ron.
I love the photo arrangement you put together. It fits so well with the wonderful writing. Thanks for Lou! I miss him.
Thank you very much Sara. That was a fun visual prompt to which to write!