The Magnus Effect
"The Magnus Effect"
A whole life in a deck of cards
dealt across the table
in front of the brutally dismissive,
the fortunes of the war worn read
translated glamorously from rock bed,
both with glee and dread, there sits
the Magnus, reviewing and eating
chapters ripped apart, each word
a sword drawn, a foot tread,
innocence bruised, ages bled,
loose leafed tea black and dark
fragrant crème brulee,
could be much better read,
upside down the legs of repose
spread, the saucer swivels,
in seconds fed, the wheel of fortunes
blindly obliging hands missing
caress seconds, hours, days
and years along the face
and curves of a Dali hourglass
steaming envelopes open
like Sylvian’s magnolias singing,
there sits the scorched banished
weighing the slippery
scales of justice, tarnished
in a burnished golden time,
a kiss blows its secrets,
like a breeze across
the undercurrents of
the Ocean,
scent across a palm
rolling the sticky stuff
like glue in glitter dusted rejection
leaving a snail trail of slow silvery
sorely wanting the sea salt dreams tasted,
they come at a cost, they are expensive,
like Beluga caviar, a small alter of pleasure,
sacrificed on the back of a hand
lifted by tongue
melting room temperature
the crest of a wave
crashes over
the non-speaking,
stings the senses,
back for seconds
in a matter of minutes,
awake, Rome is undressed,
the infected trojan Magnus
a sortie in seasons,
the music inside
the drowning
conquers
all logic,
conquers
all reason
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
“Rome is not outside me, but inside me..
Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside,
her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine,
for my thought and my work.”
(Mogdigliani)
“The Magnus effect is an observable phenomenon commonly associated with a spinning object moving through a fluid. A lift force acts on the spinning object. The path of the object may be deflected in a manner not present when the object is not spinning. The deflection can be explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the spinning object. The strength of the Magnus effect is dependent on the speed of rotation of the object. The most readily observable case of the Magnus effect is when a spinning sphere curves away from the arc it would follow if it were not spinning.”
Latin/magnus.
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