{"id":1915,"date":"2011-10-10T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2012-07-15T20:12:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T00:12:01","slug":"poem-for-maxwell-bodenheim-by-olly-bryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/poem-for-maxwell-bodenheim-by-olly-bryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem for Maxwell Bodenheim by Olly Bryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bodenheim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1916\" title=\"bodenheim\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bodenheim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bodenheim.jpg 585w, http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/bodenheim-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>thru language a revelation of what cannot be revealed<br \/>\nin a multitude of selves vying for oneself<\/p>\n<p>purpose<br \/>\nunseen unheard ghost<br \/>\nabsurd gown of weeping queen<\/p>\n<p>the concrete sea<br \/>\nthe everlasting spleen<br \/>\nbent backs of absurdity; the curves of apostrophes<\/p>\n<p>the apostle leaves drifting without design<br \/>\nit\u2019s between you and me<br \/>\nthe shanty waves and sinking shadows<br \/>\ncloaks chasing shades and stars burning flags<br \/>\nthis allotment of bad sight<br \/>\nthe toxin tongue that licks you<br \/>\nthe devil\u2019s spit spewing for blood and love<br \/>\ntasty tricks for life<\/p>\n<p>innocent baby death curls in soiled prams<br \/>\njunkyards of rebirth<br \/>\nBuddha bongs to the cross across the marshes<br \/>\nin silence the severed light graces each great step that fixes you<br \/>\npricks you in delight<br \/>\nreels you to plight<br \/>\nwe fold we impart we part<br \/>\nwe are numberless dice<br \/>\nwe roll and are rolled<br \/>\nwe die for curtains soaked in tears<\/p>\n<p>i cry for your death<br \/>\nyour regal street theatre<br \/>\nwhere you tread<br \/>\nwhere you saw and inked<br \/>\njoker\u2019s shuffle in the park<br \/>\ndeck laid like dead pigeons<br \/>\nqueens working jack trades<br \/>\nkings folding paper blades aimed for your heart<br \/>\nconspiring against gain<br \/>\nvying for source<br \/>\nbleeding for their pay<br \/>\nthey talk jazz to get laid<br \/>\nwhere she lay?<br \/>\nwith the porter and the death maid<br \/>\nshe don\u2019t know the trumpet<br \/>\nyou gave<br \/>\nyou sucked you saw<br \/>\nsitting on the forgotten book of law<br \/>\nyour voice in the dark making echoes across time<br \/>\nthe mathematics of your insight made you scribe smart<br \/>\nthe paper blades cutting my heart<br \/>\nsymbolic shrapnel falling like rose petals<br \/>\nblessing the king\u2019s temple<br \/>\na totem worth visiting<br \/>\na blessed\u00a0merchant worth following<br \/>\na voice worth hearing<br \/>\na longshot worth dying for<br \/>\na shadow to lay in<br \/>\na silver bird to search for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Olly\u00a0Bryan is Merlin! Or Bartholomew! Or Rimbaud\u2019s asshole! Ah, I try and get by, create sparks in the mud of the land, a bit of peace, never to be found, worth looking for, pickup\u2019s brother to floating tigers in the sky of every eye, longshot, lover and loser, fool, certainly, seeking satori, a feeling that won\u2019t involve light or ego satiation just humble calm in the palm of the mystic night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thru language a revelation of what cannot be revealed in a multitude of selves vying for oneself purpose unseen unheard ghost absurd gown of weeping queen the concrete sea the everlasting spleen bent backs of absurdity; the curves of apostrophes the apostle leaves drifting without design it\u2019s between you and me the shanty waves and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,223,219,199],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3261,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}