Swashbuckler

Posted by Ewan on June 16, 2008 - 08:03
from the ABC set Lovers, Liars and Just Good Friends.

Secretly,
I'm King of the Vagabond
Gypsies, I
dress in garish silks,
leather boots
and hoops below my headscarf.

Or some days,
I play D'Artagnan, shouting
all for one,
kissing toledo
steel as I
jump on antique furniture.

I explain
pluperfect tenses and you
imagine
my daydreams carnal,
but they're just
the last of childhood's wishes.

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Comments

I always wanted to be D'Artagnan too. Or Robin Hood, Jim Hawkins, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Or whatever character I was taken with at the time.

I really like the image you've captured in the second stanza particularly. Let's hope these aren't the last of your 'childhood's wishes'.

This makes me feel the urge to shout:

'Come to an abctales gathering, and dress as your favourite childhood character!'

haha

I love this! Simple and brilliantly written - conjures up one image and sentiment very neatly.