Sir Lancelot was born in Brooklyn, raised
In Long Island by in-laws, earned his spurs
Out West, and then returned to Gotham praised,
Not dead, and first among the other Sirs:
The best of us, they'd say, believing that
In Texas, every table's rounder. Hell,
Said Lancelot, that knightly code's all hat
And horny toads. He bade 'em all farewell,
Then followed Robert Moses through the boroughs,
Armed and blitzed, his boss's teen wife beside
Him, Hollywood and bottle-blonde, his thorough
Self-love bested by her --his one hot ride
To a promised land. They knock boots on city
Roads, never paying tolls, not looking pretty.
3 comments:
Fascinating, excellent modern take on the old King Arthur tales and adulterous Lancelot/Guinevere.
La, but this is a keeper, methinks, laden deliciously with so much delightful imagery, impressive.
I am unfortunately sufficiently ignorant of Hollywood's beginnings to critique this. Is this a specific actor? Or is this a movie sonnet-critique?
La, but it is a beauty.
Let me see... Brooklyn, Gotham, out West, Texas, Robert Moses....intriguing and all too interesting.
I like it very well.
The "Hollywood" reference was more to describe the girl - I swapped back and forth between that and "cut-off shorts" and ended up keeping Hollywood. Robert Moses has a lovely name (Moses!), and also controversially blasted a freeway (a few of them) through the five boroughs during the 70s.
Aye, Moses is a sweet name. Do you like it better in English or (modern?) Hebrew? When I toured Israel in '99 our tour guide was Moses/Moshe(Moshah).
Thanks for the explanation. "Cut-off's" is a nice idea. I don't know which I prefer. Hmm.
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