A Streetcar Named G Major
Clang, clang, clang, toots a trolley: X-s-teams,
though it's not the same San Fran by the Bay,
remembrance connects, perspective redeems,
sound stirs, 'Mathis', "It's Not For Me To Say".
Maintained posture as my observance probes,
heedless complacency, schemed convenience,
the prate news reader provokes our earlobes,
heroines chat as a girl grasps missed-chance.
Tram's next stop, the conductor ring updates,
abides
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Categories:
streetcar, anxiety, confidence, feelings, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
Tennessee's 'streetcar'
Best seat in the place
puts a smile upon my face
'tis so comfy
softest velvet
the deepest shade of red
I sit back
so relaxed
as I await my treat
I am happy to be resting
my poor old aching feet
Awaiting with pure joy
Escaping is my ploy
Entering a world I love
This world ~ a world of make believe
doth take my breath
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Categories:
streetcar, appreciation, art, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Before Trolleys, the Streetcar
Before Trolleys, the Streetcar
A streetcar could write a book of its own,
It could tell of love and hate.
Young girls proud of their very first job,
Men in ties and suits, their fate.
Ladies in hats and gloves shopping,
Laborers, waitresses in uniforms,
Mothers with babies nursing,
Anyone who rode, rode was the norm.
One time on Hallowe’en, the boys
Played a trick
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Categories:
streetcar, nostalgia, , cute,
Form: Ode
Streetcar Named Desire
Long deceased actors
‘play-acting
On an unobserved TV
set
blaring from a
vacant living room.
In the kitchen a
widower
tends eggs
splattering in a
pan.
Then came a loud
interjection
from the room
beyond, “Hey,
Stella!!”
sending through him
a trembling pall
memories of his wife
Stella
who had died many
years ago
and never gotten
over it.
Still as a
storefront manikin
till the last memory
faded
he realized what
taken place:
the son-of-a-*itch
burnt his eggs!
Ding! Ding! I
tricked you didn’t
I?
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Categories:
streetcar, word play,
Form: Verse
Categories:
streetcar, life, social, urban, work,
Form: Lanterne