How to Bury a Myth
How to Bury a Myth
1. First, make sure that your myth is truly dead. Whisper "Orpheus"
and stroke his leg. If he pops up like a children's book, there's life
in him.
2. Think Ace hardware. If "ball peen" and "steel-driving"
turn you on, you may not be ready to cosh
& plant your myth six feet under.
3. If he wanted his face in your book,
he would have poked, not friended, you.
4. Stake through the heart. Think Spike. Think
Von Helsing. Think Angel before he turned Bones.
5. Freezing can be smarter than dirt.
Take his snapshot, cut, bag, and plunge
his mug into ice. Refuse
to thaw. Turn him blue, girl, blue.
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Matthew Biberman says:
I like the blue girl line
It reminds me of the John Crowe Ransom poem on blue girls
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blue-girls/
and from there all the poems that go where are the snows of yesteryear
and the bluebeard story and the feminist retakes on that
now be honest and tell us how many hits your dashboard got
and Ill show you snow and rain
Marilyn Kallet says:
I love it! And I wasn't familiar with this poem before--
Thanks for this delicious poem and for making the connection! Hope your work is going swimmingly--and that our paths will cross soon! Marilyn
Marilyn Kallet says:
Just reread your comment--sorry to be slow!
I just caught the poetry in your comment, and your own double-entendres, you sly dog! I am a bit slow.
Dashboard never gets a lot of hits when it's poetry, alas!
Are you going to a seder tonight? We go to the rabbi's-- Happy Passover from your turtle friend.
Evie Shockley says:
sex, sex, sex!
Deftly done, Marilyn! Love the double-entendres!
Marilyn Kallet says:
Your kind note makes my day!
Yup, cheered me right up!
Thanks, Evie--
This is our month, savor!
All good wishes for you and your work, Marilyn
Debra Dylan says:
Delightful!
Delightful!
Marilyn Kallet says:
Thanks, Debs!
Orpheus is such a bad boy! What to do!