Ivan Jenson

Love Noir

it was a night
when the stars
converged
and the sky
schemed
and the dark
air spoke
volumes of mist
and the headlights
revealed
a spiraling
road leading
to his
brand new
femme-fatale
she would
with her
leggings
and her heels
be the end
of him
but the suspense
was killing him
anyway
so he drove on...
this poem
is a cliff-hanger

Origins

If I understand
correctly then this
all comes to a complete
stop at which point
everyone has to
deboard this
plane of
consciousness
of fools
at which point
we will
either arrive
at a permanent vacation
or a hellish hostel
or instead be
re gifted and
returned
and replayed
like a remake
that is as
thoroughly
enjoyable
as the
original


CP

Ivan Jenson has published widely in the US and the UK and received recognition for his bold Pop Art. His Absolut Jenson painting was featured in Art News, Art in America, and he has sold several works at Christie's, New York. His poems have appeared in Word Riot, Zygote in my Coffee, Poetry Super Highway, Hidden City Quarterly, and many others. He now writes novels and poetry in Grand Rapids, Michigan.