Tuesday, August 10, 2010

arriving soon, more or less, or not at all, at a theatre, in another place and time...


Wheelchair Specifica ...

...is less a movie than it is a diatribe
against modern man
...hates me
...is plagued with overexposed
duo-heads that swivel
and speak in monochromes
...belittles itself in becoming
a trivial romantic comedy
offset with tragic trickery
like dogs barking in the distance
and rolling fog
and branches that loom
...is destined to poke out your eye
...harkens back to olden days
with player pianos
and cigars
...contains a sphere
of rotating teeth
and rock stars
that cannot act
...is filmed
then painted over
and dubbed loosely
for blubbery effect
...has pornographic scenes
of monstrous entrails
...is unrated
...satisfies, like hitting a nail
on the head,
or stapling
...is metric
...conjures a distilled cityscape
and blurs consciousness
...criminally discriminates
...predicts a dire future
...inherently mimes
because the third act is silent
...sells itself
...relates to the masses
insomuch
as life is explored
behind rose lenses
and nude artists
divulge their secrets
under white sheets
that bleed crimson
until the saturation
pulls down the curtain
revealing a truth
that is already known
deep in our souls
but concealed by our
one-dimensionality
...gives away the key

11 comments:

flux biota. said...

you need to listen to the album, "eskimo snow" by Why? This poem is beautiful and the somber tone of it reminds me of Josiah Wolf's lyrics.

very nice drawing, but what else is new? ;) I'm gonna collab on this shit.

Tom said...

oh cool! can't wait to see that--and gonna check out Why

Brian Miller said...

satisfies like hitting a nail or stapling...a sphere of rotating teeth and monstrous entrails...all in one movie...fascinating piece tom...

Tom said...

thanks Brian--sounds like one of those unwatchable foreign films, eh?

Baino said...

I don't understand it but I think I might have seen that movie. Ah good to see teeth and entrails make an appearance always add a bit of texture to prose I fancy.

Bimbimbie said...

Sounds like another Hollywood blockbuster ... just don't let Tom Cruise hear of it, he'll want to be the star*!*

JeffScape said...

Hell, yes. The very definition of movies... all of 'em. Including the motion picture we live.

Nice, yo. But cheer up!

tony said...

I feel Mick Jagger (1968) is in that film somewhere........

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Woman in a Window said...

Ok, now I'm completely and totally depressed.

You had me with the white sheets and then I kept flashing back to the entrails and it was all over.

xo
erin

Tom said...

aww..sorry. sometimes that happens.
t