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Richard Lopez

 

 

for this reel                   

 

she grasps the reins

i wear

the wedding dress

 

whips are

for correction

 

i know over her knee

the revolution

begins

between yes and no

 

 

 

among others on blocky chairs                

 

the film bears no sound

 

the film is about two women playing dress/down

 

the film frames one woman drawing with charcoal on her partner’s skin

 

the film is held together by editing tape

 

the film’s illustrated woman dances for her partner

 

the film is shot in paris occupied by the nazis

 

the film is made with horrible stock

 

the film could not feature men

 

the film is badly illuminated

 

the film is about women in a city with/out men

 

 

 

 

light stutters thru                           

 

put your arms

over your head

keep your eyes down

keep your eyes down

 

now look

yes look at me

your eyes

with your eyes

 

i tell you

look at me

 

 

 

 

she enters the frame                              

 

black/white inside

the used sedan

picked up by a middle-aged divorcee

hitching to woodstock ny (ca. 1969)

 

flowerchild

 

who leaned 

toward that first kiss

 

drive she sd

no one will see

 

 

 

 

another loop                            

 

these two girls

in a coffin

 

yes a coffin

floating in a swimming pool

 

fucking each other

the smiles the shaky hands

 

the camera rock steady

straight on

 

the set

floodlit

 

the fat guy in shades narrates

to get it up

 

Poems on this page © Richard Lopez 2005-2006


 

Richard Lopez lives with his wife and son in northern ca.  poems have appeared and/or are forthcoming in shampoo, can we have our ball back, fhole and black bird.  a chapbook was published in 2003.  he writes about poetry and movies at his blog and invites you to watch a few really bad movies where the films might stink but the air will never smell like burnt popcorn.

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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