Adam Fieled (Plymouth Meeting, Pa): Something Solid, The Nineties, "Nessy"
Big motorcycle, big penis, big drugs (not to mention
big brains): the man who has, and is, everything— this,
for Mary, is the hero for her somewhere over the rainbow—
this is her Lord Byron. Neither John nor I could ever be
good enough. Mary is often quiet, but there is a monster
in her of awesome greediness that leers at the thought
she should submit to anyone but the mad, bad, dangerous
to know one, who reigns supreme in her heart. It could never
be spotted, she thinks, beneath all the mutable water—
her own personal Loch Ness Monster, of ferocious
appetite for every kind of experience. If I later came
to be a shadow-play version of her beloved, who was
(she never forgot) another January birthday, another
eccentric rebel, the best I could do was score as Keats.
© Adam Fieled 2025-2026
Watch the Divine Miss H put the pedal to the metal in Argotist Online Poetry
big brains): the man who has, and is, everything— this,
for Mary, is the hero for her somewhere over the rainbow—
this is her Lord Byron. Neither John nor I could ever be
good enough. Mary is often quiet, but there is a monster
in her of awesome greediness that leers at the thought
she should submit to anyone but the mad, bad, dangerous
to know one, who reigns supreme in her heart. It could never
be spotted, she thinks, beneath all the mutable water—
her own personal Loch Ness Monster, of ferocious
appetite for every kind of experience. If I later came
to be a shadow-play version of her beloved, who was
(she never forgot) another January birthday, another
eccentric rebel, the best I could do was score as Keats.
© Adam Fieled 2025-2026
Watch the Divine Miss H put the pedal to the metal in Argotist Online Poetry
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