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Turntable

by V. Blake

-the whole of human existence is one awkward pause-

it will play itself out in a tight span of breaths
which are equal parts incredulity and anticipation
as theyre drawn in by the universe before it turns
its copy of Dark Side of the Moon over to side two

-and we'll disappear as coins into a cash register-

12/22/2009

Posted on 12/23/2009
Copyright © 2024 V. Blake

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by George Hoerner on 12/23/09 at 02:00 AM

I love it Vince. I have an old record with a description on it of what the archeologists found in America in, I think, the year 3000. It is really quite good. If I can get it digitized I'll send it to you.

Posted by Nanette Bellman on 12/23/09 at 05:45 AM

Your opening line kinda contradicts the title. But anything with a Pink Floyd reference is good in my book. I seen the title and it instantly made me think of Beck though.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 12/24/09 at 09:34 PM

...been off for a while, cowboy this is good...you still got it bubba, you still got it. i'll not reference anything except my 63yrs. of avocational interest in the un-understandable--human existence, and why?. touche!

Posted by Glenn Currier on 12/25/09 at 04:14 PM

Oh, you cosmic observer, equal parts realist and troubadour. This is packed with meaning and I love the title. The world turns in its universe, just as we find our little piece of it on our little turntables. Well done, young man... may you have a year full of equally brilliant poems.

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 12/26/09 at 01:53 AM

u n f o r g e t t a b l e !

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 12/26/09 at 04:26 PM

I like the images in this very much, and especially looking back to an actual turntable as the means of what may come next. cool.

Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 12/27/09 at 07:48 PM

very cool metaphorical concepts create this work...and i just love it.....i wish i had read it a little sooner but sometimes i am like a turtle...this is a keeper and going in the my favs

Posted by Amie Golda on 12/28/09 at 09:26 AM

I love the ending, some dark humor there. The middle's got great rythm too and the beginning is like a sonnet with its thesis statement making a claim for the poem's thought. Well done :)

Posted by Tony Whitaker on 12/29/09 at 03:39 AM

All I can say is, this goes straight into my Faves. Do not Pass Go. Do not collect $200! Brilliant

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