Happy Daze

Ah gram hope you get home safe!

Indeed you stole the mirror

but not its reflection;

but now you have

its black intentions

in your heart

as you stare deep

into the smeared glass.

 

There in the glazed frame,

hanging askew

upon the crumbling

tenement wall,

is a vacant lot

filled with all the

hammer house horrors

that ever roamed

any dank, dreich, dirty

city street.

 

Heavy metal Geordies

haunt your dreams

as they roam Quayside

seeking your footprints

along Hadrian's Wall Path,

to avenge defiled daughters

and bruised egos.

 

Meanwhile you are in

a trucker's cafe,

somewhere on the A1,

drinking builders tea

and eating square sausage

with blood black pudding.

 

31/08/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[kentuck14]

Don't get the context, but it's well written John. By the way . . . over here A1 is steak sauce.
T

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A1 is a major road linking the south east and north east of England. It was written about gram linski as he and I often duel lol!

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Hmm...
This beautiful expression took my mind far into the wilderness of love where two lovers seems to have be done who is in the garden.
The heart was stolen, yet the memory of the togetherness won't stop reflecting the past.
What their love left behind was so incredible to gaze on.

Well written, John.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha, ha! That is a very romantic interpretation of a piece about gram linski lol!

[gram linski]

the love is unrequited Kay, but it is there simmering just below the border,

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha give it to him John! he deserves it eh!? .. so dear gram is on a jaunt defiling maidens from reality shows huh!? well .. every man ... and woman ... for him/herself says i .. in this rollicking, dark, poking fun at our Mr. Gram ... hope he's reading this as he eats his blood :)))))))))))))) i love this poem .. don't know gram as well as you but enough to know he is chuckling and planning a sharp retort .. your work with the mirror,tenement walls and glazed frame window are stunning all fun aside .. you could easily turn this down a Poe street and leave the reader trembling ... nice work all around says i!?
E.
ps. who doesn't love Happy Days .. the contrast does put me in a daze tho ..

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hope our gram gets it too lol. Love your final play on those words which was my intention lol. Cheers big 'E'

[Einstein Noodle]

back at ya!

[gram linski]

I am furiously frying my blood in a pancake mix, as I read this treachery, Mr Noodle, you are dead to me, only joking, but there may be a poem coming your way, beware, lol

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha bring me blood pancakes Mr. Gram!!! i will eat them with melted butter and jam! (rhymes doesn't it:)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Who the f**k let Hannibal Lecter into the Cafe?

[gram linski]

hahaha, f*****g you, dude, mmm tasty

[barleygirl]

This is such mind-boppin' banter, I'll just pop in to say -- carry on, boys! The entertainment is top notch this morn'! *smile* Fondly, Margie

[gram linski]

should try a furiously fried blood pancake for breakfast, Margie plenty of syrup, enjoy,

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Full fat fried Mars Bar does the trick bro!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Just hope Mick Jagger let his cool before inserting it Faithfully!

[Einstein Noodle]

adios amigos! :) see you at the dance ... do the Limbo...the Watusi ... the Shake .. Mash Potato ... Locomotion .....................................

[gram linski]

you pair can do one and do the Twist and as Marianne if she likes it chilled,

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Rumour has it she likes it boiled, fried, roasted and frozen!

[gram linski]

but never pickled, for some reason, must be the acidic overtones

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Doesn't bear thinking about!

[Chris Shaw]

I enjoyed this particularly as it was written with gram in mind. Your third stanza and its references to historical events in the deep rooted past raised both an eyebrow and a smile :) An excellent write with vivid imagery of a down but not out city. I wish my friend over the border enjoyable breakfasts.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Glad you enjoyed it Chris and see the 'gram side' of it lol. Many thanks. Hope someone has got my back!

[Kaede16]

wow a lot of references that I had to look up lol. which I love cause now i know a little bit more ;)
"Indeed you stole the mirror
but not its reflection"
It's one of the most beautiful expressions i've read. Very insightful. Great job!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This is a bout another poet, gram linski. He and I sort of tease on another. I am thrilled you liked that phrase. Thank you so much.

[wordman]

sounds like he just went down hill

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I think he escaped up the A1 towards Scotland lol. Thanks Ron, hope you are well.

[R.E. Ray]

I must admit I don't get several references in this poem, but as you know, every reader has his/her own interpretations. I read about an evil soul who has destroyed others, certainly those who might have trusted him, and the narrator is telling him he'll get the fate he deserves in the end.

The final stanza/scene could be from a horror movie, the trucker a serial rapist or killer, who is calmly dining after taking his most recent victim. The only "happy daze" here is the delusional view of twisted individual. An artful, vivid poem packed with imagery and emotion.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

The secret is this is a poem about ma mate gram linski of this parish! Many thanks R.E.

[R.E. Ray]

I'm laughing at my own ignorance. Did I tell you I don't know a damn thing about poetry?

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Well join the club as I haven't the foggiest about form or history or poets lol. You must have read some of gram's work, if not look him up on the Cafe.