Sunday, March 15, 2015

Another Poem for Bob Dylan #5

http://charlespoet.podomatic.com/entry/2015-03-15T14_02_39-07_00

Singing “Dirge”
He’s a Jewish Cantor
He’s everything and nothing encapsulated into nothing and everything

“Like a slave in orbit”
Like a meteor from space
Superman was Clark Kent’s worst nightmare

Thinking about eating a couple of hotdogs with sauerkraut and French’s Yellow Mustard
It’s a beginning
It’s Exodus without the cries in the wilderness or the unleavened bread

My Passover could beat up your Easter
I know it’s not a contest but if it were my unforgiving God would beat the tar out of your turn the other cheek Son of Man
Let’s start with heavy petting and if that doesn’t get us anywhere then you can have your way with me once the roofie kicks in and Fat Albert promises to leave the room

There is just something about the way he sings that transports me to another level of consciousness
I love how he leaves no rolling stone unturned while inventing a new language that beats the crap out of however we used to communicate before he appeared on the scene like a vengeful spirit or circus oddity
He makes being a freak cool as he takes every one of us hostage with his Dog Day Afternoon declarations of independence and inconsolable heartache

Emoting “Dirge”
He’s a Christian Minstrel
He’s breaking bad while making it perfectly clear there never was anything to return home to


Charles Cicirella
3/15/15

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