The Blood of a Poet ~~ another Flash 55 poem today

 

Poet's Blood

 

Turned my computer on
to post poem of the day
P o r n  instead on my screen
Quickly turned it off, blank
Eight jumped on my table
 
Lead actor said to me
Get with us, on your screen
Keyhole peep, join more fun
Shoot your foot, suck your blood
 
Kill young boys, snowball fight                   
 
Poker we play, steal cards
from dead boys.  Aces they 'd
held, quickly won our death
 
Blood soaked, drawn and quartered
Rescuer Barbette failed
 
Poem Copyright 2015, Ó Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
Header picture from Wikipedia, (link)
 
 -- Today I am linked with Mama Zen in answer to her Words Matter challenge to write an avant-garde poem based upon my inspiration from producer, Jean Cocteau's 1932 French film, Blood of a Poet. (Wikipedia link) 
 
 -- We were to write using 80 or less words.  Including my title, I used exactly 80 words.
 -- Barbette was an actor, a female impersonator, used by Cocteau in his portrayal of the game of cards.  At first Barbette was not in this scene which had ended in a suicide.  Made to remove the suicide, Cocteau  used Barbette and some extras instead of his original cast which had included the funding angel in the game/suicide scene.