Sunday, April 13, 2014

Not porcelain, real!

The King of Cats, 1935, Balthus 

I sense the smile in the air
I swear it’s here
with chant: ‘every day
in every way I get better
and better’

in limbo turns weightless
it freely surrounds
not to offend

never gaudy, it paints
self portrait
briefly on papers
out of shape

my wrists still bend
outstretched
to grip for the whip
to strain the will, but

submissively tumble
when see it's flying
all arguments are fading
in the moonlit strut.

                                                                                  
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20 comments:

  1. Love the chant, I should use it for my diet, 'every day I get slimmer and slimmer!'.

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  2. I love how portrait painting can be such a caricature of the model. Often they cannot see it for themselves, the mirror is their worst enemy.

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  3. ha. love the way the words play with each other...cool sound to this one...and that is the power of the moon as well...smiles.

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  4. Every day one can sure choose to go further at their bay

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  5. Some cool wordplay in here......love the moonlit strut..........

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  6. to stick to reality and truthfulness and grip the whip when needed is sometimes so difficult because of the circumstances....very nice lines...

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  7. Self portraits tend to bend the paper of memory out of shape?! Neat Mag...

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  8. We must we must get a little better everyday..i think that is a fine chant! Lovely words humbird

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  9. I especially like the images, and your closing, very enlightening.

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  10. I like the idea that all arguments fade in the moonlit strut. Would be nice if this always held true. Smiles.

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  11. Now I'm thinking of the beast master walking under the moonlight... I like it.

    My Magpie Entry

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  12. the end is lovely, the arguments fading...

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  13. "every day / in every way I get better / and better" - I am not sure I do but I love the sentiment!

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  14. Moonlit strut... great phrase to augment the image!

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  15. That moonlit strut is awesome, thanks.

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  16. Must have been the sillken whip that drove you to these poetic heights, well sone, Hum '

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