Tomcat Moan

a collab with MuSe Ampoule

 

look at that cat ...

tearing 3 am out of my morning
          mourning rising dawn
          forsake dreams to wake the dead
          cursing night players
screaming mythos from my head
and I wondered
if that clock cared
3 clangs rang… and bang
a pillow full of grit
roman numerals underhand
three i's - capitalized
her story in Greek 

just wanted to sleep
          you know as well as I
          ...sleep is for the dead  
The sand man commeth
but not for my sad head
          leaves me lost
          clock staring mad
and that damned cat
too chicken to fight 

Full moon and arched backs  

cross-eyed pheromones  

that low feline moan   

and my window is open

          to suggestion -

          a brick… or that

          broken red stiletto     

          she left here long ago

 

red always looked good on her ... 

 

Author's Note

The result of a bit of late night fun with the ever imaginative MuSe Ampoule , hope you enjoy .

Image: http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_06_img0401.jpg (found after piece was written, thanks Musey ! )

Reviews

[MuSe Ampoule]

All I's got ta say is... you rock! You've turned me on to Kerouac and made a wonderful dance partner! You started the crazeetrain with the first two lines and working with you was near effortless!

Any time you want to leak your muse on me...feel free!

[realmwriter]

Yes, I did enjoy this work, so much so I thought I felt the breeze as a red stiletto heal flew past my head. Did you ever get the cat? Very wonderfull imaginative read.

[OT]

haha how did I miss this!? two of my favourite writers - this break is most inconvenient! i love the surreality in this one - it's all whimsical and slightly mad at parts which i just adore haha there are hints of both of you - but overall - who can tell - it all blends and moves together - i love the "my window is open to suggestion - a brick" ha! nice - well done you two!!

[Magdelena]

Yo Yo, you two sure rocked this one out! it was fabio and the imagery? Wow!

As one, you both rock, together, you rock the whole darn house..

Clapping here

Mags xx

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

Bravo...to both of you. Poetic genius at it's very best.

[Siddhartha]

Oh, this is awesome collaboration. You two complement each other fantastically. This has a beat and tempo feel to it. I was tapping my feet in rhythm. Wonderful, wonderful job.

[FireWoman]

An effortless blend of work, you two wear each other well.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Love these last night musings you two mixed so well ..

Chloe

[Joiedevivre]

I really like the enumerating broken lines, they act like a metronome to this jazzy poem.

[emmajoy]

This is like a cocktail mixed by four hands holding, a dash of this and that, stirred and definitely shaken by those early morning sounds. Love the winding down .. but not choosing fave lines, that would be so unfair! :)

[Abba]

This is really good! I generally don't like broken line poems, like this, but for some reason this flows very well, and I like the transition from animal to woman (but not completely). Great job, both of you :)