Showing posts with label Hugh Jackman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hugh Jackman. Show all posts

Monday, 13 May 2013

"FOR HUGH JACKMAN" BY FRANK O'HARA


"A leaving word in the sand, odor of tides: his name"
— Thinking of Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman
understudy
grown in Australia
heaven on earth

Jealous of knowing what
absolute excellence is? it's
catch-all
knowledge of
misdeameanours
and knowing
never not unflinching

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

BUNNY, DARLING!

for BC

Bunny, darling! You simply can't
tell me it's a prima facie
observation of domestic violence.
The man was loops; it's a grotesque.
And nobody will tell me what I can
or cannot laugh at in a theatre.

Bunny, darling! I don't care
if Hugh Jackman sings delightful
and the lyric's magical.
It isn't canon. It's not the repertoire.
It's not the repertoire, sweety.

Bunny, darling! Don't you dare
pretend you didn't squeal
when the "ugly brothers" licked
their hands and stuck them
down their shorts. Bunny,
Bunny! Don't you dare pretend!

Bunny, darling! If you need a shoulder,
mine will be in the third row
of the matinee performance.
Look for the purple salwar kameez,
the scent of Chloe in the dust,
and I will hold you Bunny,
darling, I'll bring tissues.


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