Not
Like The Movies
Susan Richardson
Six punks
with a scabby pup
and a skinny cat
sup schnaps
on the Spanish Steps -
and I'd expected Audrey Hepburn.
A woman walks on the Pont Neuf,
lurches to the edge,
retches,
falls.
Her womb spurts red tears -
and I thought I'd hear George Gershwin.
A guy on blades
in Washington Square
cries - Hey babe,
wanna play
with my big banana?
when I want to dance with Fred Astaire.
The world is my blister.
I wish I was back in Kansas.
© Susan Richardson
Susan
Richardson's poetry has appeared in journals in the UK, USA,
Canada and Australia and she was recently awarded second prize in the
Artists Embassy International poetry competition. Her poetic drama,
Two Of Me Now, is published by Cecil Woolf in the Bloomsbury
Heritage Series.
She lives in Wales.
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