Las Vegas

My previous home, playground, and punishing prison... how do I love and hate all that it has given me, then procedes to take away...

among these godly spires

streets that harvest

tourists from afar

pockets romancing

neon s***s and slots

our tables laid out to serve them

sliding doors and rollercoasters

they are mine

i dwell in their butterfly wings

with others who can stand

the fat rain and desert hail

in spring

skeletal skeins

of lightning

life, i am on-watcher...

 

sleep stealing summers

heat so disfiguring,

no longer listening

to cassettes in the car

melted like Dali art

the sun is a horrible comedian...

our winters are kite killing

my nose feels as if locked

by samsonite

and the wind factor is no joke...

 

among these lit boxes

copy cats and volcanic hopes,

through trials and tides

of creative construction

many still stand erect

gambling on dreams

on days unkind, and i am unicorn

losing / winner / coming out un-even

alive

enjoying her

admirable rivers of new

peoples and foods

fire-breathing signs

she has many stories beneathe

her evening skin

and silver teeth

but i am young

when she flashes me

underground

and

glowing candies...

las vegas

is my grease

and seductive Sandy...

Reviews

[Jamestown]

You just reminded me of a Vegas magician, taking words and magically
changing them into a portrait! Very descriptive for sure, made me want
to go roll the dice a bit! Cheers:) Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Sami Khalil]

A wonderful depiction and poem on Las Vegas. You do it right...:)...........................

[Kat Williams]

Picture pefect...I walked with you thru the streets.

[wizthom]

i love and welcome those who share the new way of poetry ,
the new form,,who dare to write outside the box,with such force that even emotion stand back and take a deep breath .just to say ooooh s**t. great picture ,that out shines the words ,,write on m,yfriend however like u ,u will find i pull no punches and kiss no a*s besides it's good to be the king.,,peace wizthom