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Jan 12, 2009
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Corrida - poems with and about angels
from under the ground trampled
by the bulls and the amphetaminic toreadors,
by the drops of acid rain,
the birds were furrowing the burnt sky
with six extra feet of illusions
***
between planks and soil, the gnash of worms
on the head of the rusty nails
in the coffin, built by the nuts from the edge
of the bullring, the heaps of bones upheld
the roof of brown feathers
***
Ole! Ole! – the audience hums an orison
oozing of pleasure
Ole! Ole! – underground, their king
Felipe
Ole! Ole! – La Maestranza quakes
the king, sniffing, on the angels’ shoulders
withdraws accompanied by Michael and Gabriel
through sky and earth gate,
roses and cheers
by the bulls and the amphetaminic toreadors,
by the drops of acid rain,
the birds were furrowing the burnt sky
with six extra feet of illusions
***
between planks and soil, the gnash of worms
on the head of the rusty nails
in the coffin, built by the nuts from the edge
of the bullring, the heaps of bones upheld
the roof of brown feathers
***
Ole! Ole! – the audience hums an orison
oozing of pleasure
Ole! Ole! – underground, their king
Felipe
Ole! Ole! – La Maestranza quakes
the king, sniffing, on the angels’ shoulders
withdraws accompanied by Michael and Gabriel
through sky and earth gate,
roses and cheers
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W.C.Wampler
17 years 3 months ago
corrida poem