OK I am going to do the 30/30 for National Poetry Month - it's sort of a ritual; by May 1 I will have at the end have 30 pieces, and I will actually like a couple of them.
I haven't been writing much poetry, mostly prose and performance pieces, so these poems may be weird. This is the first one.
BORDERLINE
April again
A poem a day.
Madonna’s stuck in my head
Borderline
Borderline
Suddenly, Borderline
is the most meaningful piece of work
I have ever encountered
You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline
I surrender.
Never will I write a line so concise,
so powerful, so revealing…
Something in the way you love me won’t let me be
Yes!
Who needs couples counseling?
Who needs therapy?
Chubby, sleazy, social climbing Madonna has saved me!
The only problem is that Madonna no longer exists,
she’s morphed into an anorexic children’s book writing anglophile
stealing African kids sweeter than her own home-grown sociopaths…
Borderline feels like I’m going to lose my mind
Borderline
Borderline
I never crossed over,
still worship trash and tackiness
and the memory of teen-age Madonnas
wandering malls in black lace and fingerless gloves
dreaming of Danceteria while the real Madonna
cruised Avenue D with her windows wide open
Something in your eyes is makin such a fool of me
Borderline
Borderline
Borderline
© puma perl, 4/1/11
Poems, performances, photography, productions, stories, prose, music, journalism, band, songwriting, videos - surviving despite the odds. Is it all true? Yeah. Maybe. Sometimes. Mostly. Creation is transformative. I collaborate with amazing artists and musicians, primarily with my band, Puma Perl and Friends. Books available as well: knuckle tattoos, Belinda and Her Friends, Ruby True, Retrograde, Birthdays Before and After. Photo, Len DeLessio
i can only think of one thing when i hear madonna - that's a line from the movie reservoir dogs - toby wong toby chong - i got madonna's big dick coming out one ear.....
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