The Virgin Mother and Clint Eastwood!



aimed my eyeballs
with daring but
slow precision,
became Zen like
and lost myself
quite beautifully

who am I.

Buddha staring
into my probing
vision,

still no sign of
the Virgin Mother.

High Noon
minus the violence,
yet the intensity
almost
knocked me
over.

Clint Eastwood
smoking
his never ending cigar.

stop!
no more seeking.
no more
worried looks,
burn your books.
which scatter away
the weak visioned
sleepwalking drones
who contemplate
nothing.

time to close my eyes.
remove myself
from the Zen like pose.
Buddha seems unsettled
as I carve open my chest.

I call him over,
he sits on the bed
he is as white as a ghost.

I guide his hand
into the butchered hole
in the middle of my chest.
he caresses
my still beating heart.
I can feel his enlightenment
as he chokes me to death
with his love.

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A hint of the esoteric with subtle hints of humour.

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Submitted by LennyGazbowski on November 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABXCD X EEB FG XXDHDG XEX XEXIIXAXXE XCXXJ GXH XXJXXXXF
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 803
Words 172
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 6, 1, 3, 2, 6, 3, 10, 5, 3, 8

Lenny Gazbowski

Despite being chronically ill and surviving cancer Lenny continues to write poetry with a difference, he alternates between Light and Darkness; even his humour is dark, despite that Lenny still has a killer smile. Lenny was born in Liverpool in 1960 and he is married to an angel, Nikki, they have been together for 13 years. more…

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