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This poem is from the April 3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by wyld_dandelyon and aldersprig. It has been sponsored by laffingkat.
Making the Man
-- a sonnet
He walks through streets aglow with neon light
Where televisions flicker through the glass
And misses all the gaslamps soft and bright,
The hush of lords and ladies as they pass.
He wears the polyester of his time
And goes about in public with no hat,
But wishes for a pocketwatch's chime,
The brush of silk, and boot soles smooth and flat. It is no wonder that he takes a chance
To don historic dress whene'er he can,
For he recalls that era's song and dance
And how the proper clothes can make a man. Victoria is gone, but not her ways:
Some gentlemen still dream of bygone days. Tags: cyberfunded creativity, fishbowl, history, poem, poetry, reading, writing
Current Mood:  busy
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Spiffing! I love it! I don't feel I should have been born back then, but I do like some of the things from older eras. I always wanted a pocket watch. I have a candlestick telephone (modern replica, with touch-tone buttons). I frequently drool over the replicas of antique radios (with built in CD players), phonograph players, and the like. I love antique cars, too. I once got to ride in a real Model T (or was it a Model A?). If I was extremely wealthy, I would have all kinds of replicas of antique tech and furnishings in my possession. Also, I was obsessed with hats as a kid. If we'd had more money, I would have gotten a much larger collection of hats. I still drool over a lot of old-fashioned hats. Mostly men's hats, though; I'm normally very feminine, but I don't like most of the hats for women from those eras. Some of the other antique fashions also look cool. Some of the dresses, for one. Oh, and I love Captain Jack Harkness's coat. (Captain Jack Harkness is a character in the Doctor Who spinoff series "Torchwood." He wears an old military-style wool trench coat wherever he goes.) It's a bit pricey, though: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/miscellaneous/eb61/#tabsI think the reason I like the look of older tech stuff is because Traipah, where my heart is, has only enough metal for a technological society, without much room for waste, but has an abundance of wood and stone. Because I know I prefer the look of stone and brick buildings to metal and glass buildings. Speaking of stone... I read somewhere that some archaeologists found that the grooved ware people (makers of Stonehenge) had surprisingly comfy houses; plumbing, running water, furniture, and other things all made of stone. That, and they (and other ancient cultures, like ancient Egypt) could do stuff with stone that has modern man scratching its collective noggin wondering how the hell they managed to do that. So The Flintstones wasn't too far off the mark in that regard, at least.
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