Saturday, May 25, 2013

Kansas in Cinemascope


KANSAS IN CINEMASCOPE

IN COLD BLOOD and—
MURDER ORDAINED were
bad enough I suppose

Up there on the silver—
screen of the ancient
film palace GRANADA
____________

HOW THE WEST WAS WON—
cheesy angelic choruses plus
Spencer Tracy’s booming voice

Things ending up more like—
a nightmare version of
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
_________

Such a lovely little town—
full of Midwestern Noir
and grim resignation 

Stoic desperation—
ending up quietly
in sad obituaries



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