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Poetry A Bit Part in a B-Movie

The World Between the Words
I wanted to be the hard,
handsome hero
earning ten million dollars

with sculpted sinew
and rampaging manhood

that invaded the badlands,
swamps and sewers

with gas grenades
and anti-tank weapons

to sort out the dinosaurs,
ravenous zombies
and giant gorillas

that were eating lawyers,
hapless college kids

and nubile females
with partially-exposed
heaving bosoms

but I ended up with the wrong script

and there was no rippling torso
or dying worlds to save,

no inter-galactic adventures
or glorious sunsets,

no scantily-clad ladies
awaiting the chariot
of a hero’s arms,

just a limp libido,
an empty bottle
and a bit part in a B-movie.
 
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