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Bark — Code Blue
Published: 2012-04-15 18:24:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1713; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 2
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Description
Concrete and asphalt, brick and steel, flesh and boneTall buildings with window-eyes, watching traffic lights
flashing blue
Walk through the wind to the end of the street with me
Somewhere up ahead the streetlights dim, the power lines
fade into nothing
Don't worry; the blue bus, the black chariot, the white trucks
are all lined up there to take us to our destination
Rest and let the driver take over
We've walked far, been scarred, but filled with joy as well
The windows close their sleepy eyes, goodbye
Here we go
A siren's two-tone wail coordinates with the flashing blue lights behind
Unnoticed, the lights go out and the siren becomes a flat single note
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Comments: 44
The intimation or the imitation of death. I can't decide.
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I like this piece Ron, though I'm not sure about the crash landing in the last couplet.
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I'm not sure about it either... I keep wondering how to say what I want to say and still keep in form. Thank you.
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I don't know how I missed this, but I'm glad I got a second chance to see it. I love it!
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tear or tear? The comment is as enticing as the poem.
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Thank you very much. I'll let it remain up to the reader.
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I really really love this. So ethereal and atmospheric. The image of traffic lights flashing blue is really sticking in my head, because I wonder--what would blue mean? It's something I can't begin to imagine, and somehow that sums up the poem's whole meaning for me.
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Thanks very much. I could explain what it means to me, but it's more mysterious unexplained.
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Agreed. 
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This is a little strange but I heard Jim Morrison reading this to me... when he said "flat single note" at the end there was a long sustained guitar note from Robbie, and then the whole band came in
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I'm still a huge Morrison/Doors fan, I've even been working on a song that I would've loved to hear them play. Maybe I was channeling Jim, at least a little.
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I bet you were and that's why I could hear it that way. I hope you'll share that song when you get it into the shape you want.
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WOW! Very deep and metaphorical I think? The visual this took me on was exciting, then a bit scary, then.. I felt sad
Sending you a big
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Wow.. so deep Mister B! The visual this took me on was exciting, then a little scary, then.... it made me sad.
Sending you big 
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Thank you very much! Yeah, it's rather sad...
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A real sense of city...Dark noises and hard surfaces...
Love the "description" text...
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Nicely done, Ron. I've never looked at this scenario so calmly. But I suppose this is how it should be looked at.
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Thanks, Rachel. It's the result of living near a hospital, and trying to make peace with life after Cee's death.
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I admire that go at it. It's too easy to look at things in a harsh and awful way. So this was so nice....and different. You're very welcome.
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The colors in the third stanza were very nice, and of course I loved the ending.
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Very nicely done.. it makes me question, which I'm sure was the intent.
Provocative and gorgeous.
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Yay!
You are back with a startlingly brilliant poem.
Big hugs
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Thanks so much, Jenny! I hope I'm back...
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MY pleasure Barky.............
I HOPE you are back!
Is the flat OK?
Biggest hugs.
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It's great! It was once the Grand Hotel, not so grand now but with a lot of character. It suits me. Hugs back!
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Hurrah!
How is the other 'thing' going?
I am glad you are happy.
Hugs
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Which other thing? Nothing seems to be moving forward right now, but I'm impatient.
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I would be impatient too.............
Big hugs
What do you want to happen?
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The bus company doesn't want the tickets for the next phase separated from the rest.
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"don't need no ticket, just get on board"...
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