So there we sat,discussing and diffusing, situated amongst a hoard of boors, calling words like "Visigoth" and "blackguard" to come forth and testify before a cup of coffee.
The upstairs version of the downstairs smoking section in an all too familiar bistro, swirled and shook under the mixture of uncommon thoughts and bizarre dreams: Wilted dicks and all-night exterminators gathered under a mighty mosquito roof of a Volkswagen minibus and head off to confuse a bunch of Jamaicans with a bag of rock candy and a bottle of Dewars Scotch Whiskey.
I learned A minor on the harp while dosing Dr. Seuss with hits of Charles Manson and avocado hamburgers. Indeed, the vegetable kingdom threw forth many sacrifices for our total consumption, and I personally counted six different greens on a table of red and white. Who knows what a zucchini thinks just before hitting the fryer, marked $4.95 and served with horseradish sauce?
We questioned the Simians, laughed at virginity, wondered about bubblegum and the future of the Knicks.
So the couple at the far table might have to re-evaluate for a few days, and the waitress has a hottub and a thong bikini. Must we all speak with embarrassment when assessing the value of an Oreo cookie, on a Tibetan mountain, while looking to get into the Guinness Book of World Records? Or have women truly mastered the blues amongst the tombstones in the pouring night?
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Who doesn't have this sort of experience? Sounds to me like a group of friends gathered around a table at Friday's or Applebee's or (most likely) Outback Steakhouse eating fried appetizers, drinking brooze, and chillin'. Maybe a little over-the-top in places, but that's the danger when writing in this style: the abundance of imagery can make it seem as though the writer's trying too hard. Still, this is a commendable poem, as this style of lyrical poetry is difficult to write in because the details and images must do all (or most) of the work and the poem must still "yield" for the reader. It's textually-rich and stands up to numerous readings, and even if it doesn't explicate the meaning of life, it does cough up a meaning, and that's worth something, too, no?
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