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Jan 22, 2026
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Blanche Walks On Without Turning
ECT would’ve been your treatment
of choice, behind the façade
of a white-columned house
commandeered for industrial purpose;
a muted, metallic moth-rattle
around a lantern stripped of its pattern.
No coloured lights for you, sister,
but the locomotive thunder that
dampens the strains of a polka.
Those fingernails would require
regular trimming, depending
upon the kindness of strangers.
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Comments
Geezer
3 months ago
It took...
a minute, but... Yeah, we tried dressing Lady Liberty in glitz and colored lights and in turn, earned the label of The Ugly American Slut. Now, the world is starting to see her without her make-up! ~ Geez.
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Lavender
3 months ago
Blanche Walks on Without Turning
Hello, Ray,
Wondering if this is about Blanche DuBois, the character in A Streetcar Named Desire, who had such a fragile ego as she aged.
Curious, and I will return.
Thank you,
L
Ray Miller
3 months ago
Blanche Walks On Without Turning
Thanks both. Yes, I speculated what might happen to Blanche DuBois after the play's final scene.
Lavender
3 months ago
Hello, Ray,
A curious, intriguing piece - shares the empty feeling of the final scene.
Thank you,