Wednesday, January 10, 2007

poetry thursday: cliche

long-sleeved turtleneck to show no skin
soft-soled shoes to make no sound
ski mask, gloves, various tools
dark...all of it dark
slip out the door
into the night
dressed to kill

15 comments:

megan said...
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Anonymous said...

This reminds me of Maggie Cheung in the film Verma Dep (?). Sorry that may be a bit obscure ....

rel said...

Megan,
That is so cool! I read the first and last lines quickly at first. Thinking it was about a girl going out on a date. Well, I guess she is, but imagine my surprise to discover what kind of date.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting.
rel

Anonymous said...

Sorry the film is Irma Vep. Still totally obscure i know...!

Unknown said...

This is such a good, tight, perfect little poem. I truly love it. Nice contribution!

Regina said...

Ooh, sounds like Cary Grant in "It Takes a Thief"...
Really nice.

kevin said...

cool theme, I like the breveity.

Rethabile said...

Original take. I haven't yet seen one (poem) for this prompt crafted quite like this.

Dani In NC said...

I enjoyed your take on dressed to kill. Good job!

liz elayne lamoreux said...

ahhh...love that last line. a great take on the cliche and its many meanings...

Giggles said...

Excellent and well thought out....thanks for popping by my blog!! One of my favorite cliches, dressed to kill.....but not in that format...giggle!

Peace and giggles

Clockworkchris said...

remiman totally got something different from me which is great...when I think of clothes showing no skin and quite shoes it reminds me of espionage and ninjas. It must have been my obsession with wanting to be in the CIA or a ninja as a child. I still walk into houses unheard and sit down and wait for people to notice me-such a fun game. This is what it reminded me of.

twilightspider said...

Such a wonderfully succinct poem to illustrate a succinct little cliche. Great take!

Anonymous said...

Hi!
Cool and stealthy.I like the shape of your poem moving from outward (wide) like being seen more easily inward to putting the squeeze on someone, with your killer punch line cliche!It packs quite an impact that way.

Michelle said...

This poetry thursday entry is really clever. I'm glad you stopped by my blog.