ENTOMBMENT
Bored, the surburban wife
stands naked in woolly socks
day-dreaming of fame and a new life
reciting her poems to the knives and forks
A hick chick sans searing intellect
hardened by humdrum and the dead hand of conformity
clinging to her only informed reference
the glossy magazine (chick lit for the masses)
she became the blog poster gal
for boring suburbanites
Foreign movies introduced her
to other than mid western sex
and being competitive she was
hoping to score points in
the ' I wanna be interesting ' section
For days on end
she dons a wig and rubber suit
practising soft porn poses with the vacuum cleaner
or blindfolds herself with parted lips
at the kitchen sink hoping
to grab the postman's attention
standing naked in woolly socks
Removing her mask
she catches a glimpse of her meticulous
maquillaged face in the window
Thoughts flash through her mind
of modelling
of writing
of becoming a soft porn poet
a gingham apron'd fanciful Madame Bovary
a la americaine
day-dreaming of a new life
But alas, she is stuck fast
unforgiving, tawdry mediocrity has hammered her nails in hard
no escape possible from this diy decorated coffin
Sometimes if you listen carefully
in the quiet of night
when the house is asleep
you can hear her laboured squeak
reciting her poems to the knives and forks
A stunner, Rall.
ReplyDeleteAs a non-fan of Bovary, I love the idea of her in gingham. and the diy dec coffin. and, of course the wooly socks.
The music made me think of sea gulls. My "entombment" is the woman in the background
Rall,
ReplyDeleteI liked this prompt and loved your naughty treatment of it. We're in a world that seems overcome by feelings of being trapped, from a few unfortunates buried in NZ to all of North Africa and more than a few homemakers as you describe.
I explored an alternative, when entombment fails:
http://jdmackenzie.blogspot.com/
Cheers, my friend.
Both of your poems are so good, I feel very flippant by not writing a serious poem which I intended to do originally but sometimes poems write themselves..this one did..glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI am late. This is my first cascade poem. I really like what happens with them. Thank you very much for suggesting this form. Here is my attempt.
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If you are using POW prompts please acknowledge them on your site with your poem.
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