South American Man
South American Man
by gene defcon
We chew raw shoe as dogs do in a dump
Scattered amongst the debris of society
Leather-bound librarians
Forlorn forgotten forsaken
Forensic scientists
Tracing the evolution of Coy-Dogs
Over the course of ten thousand years
Cold cases pried open with canine teeth
A-gleaming in florescent fogs
Completely depleted and snarling
Hogheads of fear
Cobs in our shit
Wallowing in the battered beauty
Of an old beer
My favorite Jupiter Gene poem thus far! I go ga-ga over alliteration: ‘Leather-bound librarians/ Forlorn forgotten forsaken/ Forensic scientists’. First line packs so much rhyme in like sardines who do not complain next to their hot supermodel counterparts.
Dogs element very hard-hitting…that man (or South American men in this case? and/or men in general?)can become such…and comparison was aptly used in poem. Poem also had ‘human situation’ aspect that i saw as social commentary and perhaps not just still-life notes of an observer.
Towards end of poem metaphor switches from dogs to hogs…hence the ‘snarling’ and ‘wallowing’. A lot of thought went into this poem and much craft was used. Excellent perspective piece!
I imagine the pic of the Pat Benatar-esque beauty with “Sex” on her shirt turning around to reveal “Without Love” on the backside… Thanks sir! I am your humble admirer.