Manifest Destiny Muffin

Gold cherry

By the unfolding head

Wed, 10 Aug 2011
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8 comments
 

The smell of freshly baked
muffins
reminds me of America
sweet and sickly
six months spent in Iowa
studying
with straight gleaming smiles
and
straight jock muscle backs

Fresh girls
with fresh legs
perfectly cut lawns
behind
wide open avenues
clean water
fountains
endless libraries
individual desk chairs
- right out of the movies
and
ambition everywhere
always God
and ambition

and
the smell of freshly baked muffins

Certificate U
Poem
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Highhat on
nice ;)

Submitted by the unfolding head on
chuuurs HH!

ddf

Submitted by rjnewlyn on
Very good. Very evocative. I drove through Iowa once and it seemed a wonderful place. You're right about God and religion - I think Conrad Hilton's family came from Iowa and they certainly had a heady mix of the two. Rob

 

Submitted by the unfolding head on
Hi Rob Thanks for saying. I really enjoyed Iowa... it's very beautiful and very odd. I didn't know that about Conrad Hilton, thanks for sharing... got me thinking, a heady mix indeed. danny

ddf

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I think you got Iowa off to a 'T', tuf. I haven't been to that part of the USA, but my husband has, and your poem certainly does ring true. Well done on the cherry. Tina

 

Submitted by the unfolding head on
Thanks Tina... appreciate it It's worth a look if you're ever in that part of the world... it taught me a lot about America, it's land, it's people. As much as I enjoyed the likes of California, New York etc Iowa offered that bit of 'something else' - the bit you don't see very often (the good, the bad and really very weird) d :)

ddf

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Submitted by the unfolding head on
thanks Tony ...well chuffed!

ddf