(after Spillane) <br /> <br /> <br />Let us be aware of the true dark gods <br />Acknowledgeing the cache of the crotch <br />The primitive pure and pwerful pink and grey <br /> private sensitivites <br />Wincing, marvelous in their sweetness, whence rises <br /> the future. <br /> <br />Therefore let us praise Miss Marilyn Monroe. <br />She has a noble attitude marked by pride and candor <br />She takes a noble pride in the female nature and torso <br />She articualtes her pride with directness and exuberance <br />She is honest in her delight in womanhood and manhood. <br />She is not a great lady, she is more than a lady, <br />She continues the tradition of Dolly Madison and Clara <br />Bow <br />When she says, "any woman who claims she does not like <br /> to be grabbed is a liar!" <br />Whether true or false, this colossal remark <br /> states a dazzling intention... <br /> <br />It might be the birth of a new Venus among us <br />It atones at the very least for such as Carrie Nation <br />For Miss Monroe will never be a blue nose, <br /> and perhaps we may hope <br />That there will be fewer blue noses because <br /> she has flourished -- <br />Long may she flourish in self-delight and the joy <br /> of womanhood. <br />A nation haunted by Puritanism owes her homage and <br />gratitude. <br /> <br />Let us praise, to say it again, her spiritual pride <br />And admire one who delights in what she has and is <br />(Who says also: "A woman is like a motor car: <br /> She needs a good body." <br />And: "I sun bathe in the nude, because I want <br /> to be blonde all over.") <br /> <br />This is spiritual piety and physical ebullience <br />This is vivd glory, spiritual and physical, <br />Of Miss Marilyn Monroe.<br /><br />Delmore Schwartz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-and-marilyn-monroe/
