Dr. Quigley Moved Away from Hamburgers
2008 December 6
Whimpy Had It Right
Dr. Quigley moved away
from hamburgers.
Lately, he decided to eat
Indian food:
Korma, Vandalu, and Naan
have a way of lifting the soul
of a man and then some:
warmth enters the room
to illuminate figures
dancing together near the kitchen
window: their bodies
painted blue, almost a ripe
nudity, eyes swollen
with faith
toes pressed
with blood,
but Neruda
baking Odes
and Rilke
sifting angel dust
caught his attention
in the end,
a translucent layer just enough
to spell heaven
with his finger,
or at least a place
where he could believe
in the eschatology of things:
he had never had a view
of the universe
that was entirely satisfying.
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I think Wimpy had it right.
Yes, many problems for the writer appear in this poem. Most of them revolve around the issue of voice. The voice of Dr. Quigley is strong in the first half of the poem, and then the freak author takes over and grinds this poem down to nothing but philosophical hamburger; not that there is anything wrong with hamburger, of course. Wimpy did have it right. By the way, just who is Metaphorical Moses, and what tablets will decend from the mountain?