"His cradle a sheet under his belly, his butt like tongs, my mind a salad."
— Killian, Kevin (b. 1952)
Author
Date
2017
Metaphor
"His cradle a sheet under his belly, his butt like tongs, my mind a salad."
Metaphor in Context
"I've taken to this far too easily, haven't I," sighs the naked British boy
in Travis Mathews' clip
On his stomach in a heap of Laura Ashley, long legs pushing away
from the wallpaper. Bedclothes slithering, winking.
I've taken far too easily to the path that has opened before me like a
shop with no doors,
He has been in the wind for yonks, the wispy stuttering wind.
His cradle a sheet under his belly, his butt like tongs, my mind a salad.
It has been a wreck for yonks,
I'm like a British milliner,
My hat on purple
in Travis Mathews' clip
On his stomach in a heap of Laura Ashley, long legs pushing away
from the wallpaper. Bedclothes slithering, winking.
I've taken far too easily to the path that has opened before me like a
shop with no doors,
He has been in the wind for yonks, the wispy stuttering wind.
His cradle a sheet under his belly, his butt like tongs, my mind a salad.
It has been a wreck for yonks,
I'm like a British milliner,
My hat on purple
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Kevin Killian, Tony Greene Era (New York and Oakland: Wonder, 2017).
Date of Entry
03/12/2018
