responsive-lightbox domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/sundre5/ducts.sundresspublications.com/content/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114The Civilised Savage Among the ancient ruins strewn with moss The balls of his bare feet land on the aged marble His white collar lies starched Tribal markings His hair, pompadoured with mashed yucca and honey His polysyllabic speech, * * *<\/p>\n Marilyn\u2019s Lips The diptych exalts her noblest feature Newsprint lips crookedly smiling, vampish Red and succulent like the tender flesh Pried up from her white, coquettish face Suspended in time, life-like in their print Her lips remain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Civilised Savage Among the ancient ruins strewn with moss Within the decimated architecture Of a forgotten people Lives the civilised savage The balls of his bare feet land on the aged marble Of fallen Corinthian columns As he leaps, apishly Traversing the Hellenistic landscape His white collar lies starched As it hugs the knot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407,"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ducts.sundresspublications.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWithin the decimated architecture
\nOf a forgotten people
\nLives the civilised savage<\/p>\n
\nOf fallen Corinthian columns
\nAs he leaps, apishly
\nTraversing the Hellenistic landscape<\/p>\n
\nAs it hugs the knot of his crimson necktie
\nHis muscles wrapped
\nIn a three-piece suit of grey barathea<\/p>\n
\nOf blue, red and white
\nDecorate his impish visage
\nHearkening back to the insignia of his cannibal tribe
\nThat has since dissolved<\/p>\n
\nMaintains its structure
\nDespite his simian movements
\nSwinging from tree to tree<\/p>\n
\nConstantly interrupted by moans and grunts
\nEven when he unearths his well-worn copy
\nOf Plato\u2019s The Republic<\/em>
\nAnd reads it aloud
\nThrough my crooked, cracked spectacles<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHalf filmic, shades of the silver screen
\nHalf palpable, with vibrant red and pink<\/p>\n
\nInked, off-register, coy and seductive
\nFlattened, alienating, out of reach<\/p>\n
\nOf tree-ripened fruit, shimmering, wet
\nGlossy like the pages of magazines<\/p>\n
\nEerily floating in the ether
\nLike a Science Fiction Double Feature<\/p>\n
\nBarbiturates melt on the tongue between
\nHer swollen lips, oozing down her narrow throat
\nWe recite a threnody chant, but still<\/p>\n