good ol' boys and
Sky King to the rescue...
those were razzamatazz and sex
alpha-male conquests joined and
disjointed, bold and bellowing
milestones of hunted fowl and
fair maidens; every boast flying
higher than the others, than you,
than anyone else; beer-soaked
nights in dancing cat houses
south of the border, slang-sung ditties
like "calle matar, polla calle matar,
polla!" she, her, the one at home,
waiting in the chill of bedroom lights
is just another booze-fueled reference
to "my ol'lady ain't goin' no whure."
Flying Down, 2006, by David Salle
Shared by Tess Kincaid
NOTE: The Spanish line is from a popular novelty song that was played in the dance halls of Honduras when I was living there in 1975. Its meaning shouldn't be translated in polite company. I'll just leave it to the readers' imagination, but it did have a reference to, um, "scoring", if you will, with a hot chick!
Poem ©2012 R. Burnett Baker
oh dear...that's not the Sky King I watched
ReplyDeleteand thats certainly not Penny!
Maybe TV was different in NeW York than Chicago
......in the 50's-early 60's
But it gave me a chuckle....who else would remember Sky King?...but you? hee hee
Honduras huh? Hope you had fun
these works of art are getting crazier and crazier
Suz, Penny stayed home on this one, and King was trying to save the macho man from himself! HAHA! I have no idea why I thought of this, and I hadn't thought of Sky King in decades! Loved that show as a kid!
DeleteSky King was my hero...I wanted to be Penny...love your hip and edgy take...fun write Rick...
ReplyDeleteUm, this is mighty good Rick! Like Tess, Sky King was a TV staple in our 1950s house. I wanted to be Penny ~~ Tess and I will have to duke it out!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a treasure!
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