50 Words For Poe: Strangelove
"50 Words for Poe: Strangelove"
Strangelove was waiting
in Holdnerness
He was anticipating
with a certain glee
The “Arrival” of
Ms Bon Vivant, her sharpness
and sharing conversation
over Kumquat Jam, Scones and
clotted cream at High Tea,
near the High Flyers’ Billiards Room,
Castle Skipsea
Communication decoded with her
cracked him like a whip
Got him all stirred up like a
dry martini (hold the Olive and twizzle stick)
Revved his internal gears
unusual for once, emotions storm surging
Urging him to walk out the door
and drink up Life and Adventure
go for a Shark Skinnydip
Go all Giddy up
Ah, the thrill of it all!
The card tables were laid out
Shiny soft new green felt
MI5 and CIA had placed their bets
He postured, cards were kind of boring
He was more Russian Roulette
He grinned, that came natural to him,
he was a crazy psychopath
he never lost, he was playing to win
he counted numbers in the room, to begin
This could go either way
but he was certain
Lovebomb would save the day
MI5 and MI6 would be on their toes he was sure
Peeping through ferns and
bugs on tittering birds
The Barman was more than likely wired
He checked himself in the mirror
it was missing a certain something
he smiled and laughed,
Yes it was missing, ire
Passion and Fire
“Check yourself old bean, they’ll begin to think you're paranoid”
The music came on, Isaac Hayes “Shaft”
Like a scene from some 70's surreal dream
He looked out the window for Silver
her lights were on High Beam
Down the drive she sped
Like a bullet with two pax
a dog and a cross-dresser
One of the three had to be
put to bed, stat
Over the Woods through the treeline
shrouded by luminescent full moon
fluttered a cluster of bats
"Ominous", he thought for a wasted split second
Well he was lining all his ducks in a row
No time for sonar, bellfries and bats
He looked through the windows
checked his lapel camera
cufflinks for sound
Some said,
He was the Collector -
His Assignment -
Codename:
Lovebomb
Mission:
Operation Windows. Break through the exterior
Deliverables:
The Blue Garter
(LadyLabyrinth/2019)
https://youtu.be/lhXsfQQOs6s
“Qualify and Satisfy”/Funkadelic
Jack Wade: “Jack Wade, CIA.”
Bond: “James Bond, stiff-ass Brit.”
Fat Freddy’s Drop/Bohannon
https://youtu.be/3bVDW2sTvbg
The Red Herring/ The MacGuffin?
Peoples Hernandez:
You tryin' to blend in or something? You look like a f****** duck hunter.
Fat Freddy’s Drop/BLACKBIRD
https://youtu.be/aVN4IyBXCWo
Bomb?
Copyright © Lady Labyrinth | Year Posted 2019
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