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Sensory Deprivation Flirtation

by Nancy Ames

"You speak to me in radio-waves,
in transmissions cracked asunder
by intermittent storms and thunder,
but I'm just one of your fashion-slaves
and I never see you.

You come to me in limousines
but, high above you, jet-planes roar
just when you're speeding to my door.
looking like you do in magazines,
and I still don't hear you.

You open a door behind me
but lightning kills electricity
and you stand there in obscurity,
wondering how you'll ever find me,
and somehow I can feel you... here."

03/23/2008

Author's Note: The implied character speaking these lines is a typical fan of celebrities.

Posted on 03/24/2008
Copyright © 2026 Nancy Ames

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/24/08 at 02:46 AM

Neat bunch, eh? Geez. I'd say you captured the mindset quite well.

Posted by Tony Whitaker on 03/24/08 at 09:12 AM

AH, Nice! It is good I live so far from this maddened crowd!

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/01/11 at 05:02 PM

I especially like the electricity in this piece, "transmissions cracked asunder", the whole gives me a feeling of a really fast revolving door about to lose its center pin. Neat.

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