3am Poetry - TRACEY I NAME CONSTANTINOPLE

TRACEY I NAME CONSTANTINOPLE
by
John Bryan
copyright © 2002 all rights reserved

Tracey I name Constantinople

This girl was born Tra'cea
But, as empress, she changed it
To Tracey

This girl
Is Madonna
Without child
But not virgin

This girl is more
Eastern than western

This girl
Knows that
Our fervours each
Holed up inside the other's icon
Become a Nirvana like state
Rather than a conquering
Flag in all it's imperialism
Atop a mountain defeated

This girl
Is neither Turkish or Greek

Before dawn has time to flesh
Night seems to harden
And it deepthroats
Orthodox
This girl.

This girl
Maybe captured
Until the collapse
Of my name.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Bryan has been published in various journals such as Stirring, Unlikely Stories, Gnome, Thunder Sandwich, Atomic Petals, Meeting of the Minds Journal, and The Doomed City to name a few. He used to eat McDonalds but after becoming domesticated merely eats grass inside his paddock.