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#2 Devil
Manolo me Mammon
You gold-encrusted god of plenty
Park me on Park Avenue
Gild my walls. Chandelier my halls
Jet my days. Jaguar my bluestone nights
Pool me in my private Mediterranean
Yacht me & unstopper me
Margaux & Coach me
Cover me in coin. Booty & Botox me
Multiply my capacity for rapacity
Artichoke roast & spit me
Braise & flambé me
Let me live in your insatiable need
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Interesting poem commenting satirically on addictive materialist values encouraged under our current capitalist society. The poem uses imaginative imagery and language to make a vivid and humorous point.
Posted by: Ralph Dranow | January 31, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Thank you Ralph Dranow!
Vivid & humorous is always good when dealing with a devil!
Miranda
Posted by: Miranda Beeson | January 31, 2023 at 05:54 PM
The risk is always the possibility that Satan is a more interesting character than either the Father or the Son. The poem captures that.
Posted by: Jill Newnham | January 31, 2023 at 07:25 PM