Sunday, October 23, 2011

MAGPIE/ Prompt #88


                                          Lee Friedlander/ from America by Car

THANKS TO TESS at Magpie Tales for this exciting photo...so inspirational!!


LOOK OUT!

Look up,
look down,
look out!
There comes a bicycle courier
in my mirror,
dropped his duffel,
screeching taxi hits the curb,
splashes glop onto the window!
Don't open the door,
you'll hit the ice cream man!
We'll stop later...
Now?
Pull over,
I'll take a chocolate,
Mr Softee.

Ring your bell,
play that tune,
I'm a Broadway Gypsy now,
watch me kick and tap.
Is this the crossroads of the universe?
Here comes another shooting star...
a Rockette twirls into view,
grabs my breath,
heads for the top.
Her looks can kill.
Lights on, lights out,
I'm in the dark,
stagehand pushes me,
hey sweetie, take a bow.

I'm here,
Times Square!
Tomorrow's another day.
Look out!


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24 comments:

  1. MaggieOctober 23, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    I love the pace of this piece! Fits the prompt perfectly.

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  2. JJ Roa RodriguezOctober 23, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    i feel like my way of what's happening on my driving lesson esp with my instructor that i cannot clearyly understand... hahaha...

    love this!

    JJRod'z

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  3. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Hi thingy-
    I too felt the rhythm of this pic...thanks!

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  4. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    Hi JJ-
    I did want a sort of dizzy pace..typical NY...thank you!

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  5. Brian MillerOctober 24, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    whew...that second stanza gets a bit surreal and the pace rapid...lots of things coming at you fast in this piece...

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  6. BerowneOctober 24, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Excellent. For another take on the same city, drop by...

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  7. MartinOctober 24, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    My head is spinning. Thanks!

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  8. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    Hi Brian-
    Welcome to NY...10 things happening at once! A bit distracting! ha...

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  9. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Hi Martin-
    I had that in mind! Thank you...

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  10. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    Hi Berowne-
    Will definitely drop by...not every day is like this!! Thanks...

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  11. Tumblewords:October 24, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    This well crafted piece has the static and rhythm of The City - I can feel it from start to finish...

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  12. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Hi Tumblewords-
    Most kind of you..I did sort of let a stream of consciousness take me along...

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  13. HelenOctober 24, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere .... oh yeah!

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  14. LynOctober 24, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Hi Helen-
    Oh, you'll make it here...easy!thanks...

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  15. Isabel DoyleOctober 25, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    very fast!

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  16. LynOctober 25, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Hi Isabel-
    Every day! I must get away!! Thanks...

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  17. Chronicles of IllusionsOctober 25, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    great write - excellent

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  18. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryOctober 27, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    love it,

    it feels like you sit in your car, let the eyes take the surroundings and your thoughts fly in all directions.

    perfectly fun read.

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  19. LynOctober 27, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Hi Jo-
    Thanks so much for your kind words..

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  20. LynOctober 27, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Hi Morning-
    That's really true..going in 10 directions at once...thank you!

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  21. The Blog of BeeOctober 28, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    Everything rapidly going around at once - great city, great poem, great pace.

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  22. LynOctober 29, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    Hi Bee-
    Every day!! Thanks so much for your kind words!

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  23. Caddoc TrellisOctober 30, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    A manic atmosphere well caught here! Great Magpie.

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  24. LynOctober 31, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    Hi Caddoc-
    Thank you..I'm glad you found the crazy energy!!

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