AN ODE TO DAVE (DAVID LYNCH)

by Christian Ray

Author’s note: The quotation from Lynch in this image has always resonated with me and inspired the final line of my poem.

Mystery, movies, murder, music,

the lens was the paint Dave used to show something surreal,

I still scratch my head at why he called it Eraserhead.

Dave was taught in my school, 

we learned nothing is smoother than Blue Velvet, 

and in the 80s Kyle MacLachlan was a hunk. 

Thanks for the weird stories, and unique writing Dave. 

The unreal used to seem more real when you were here. 

Watch over Twin Peaks,

your films will keep speaking to the rest of us.

Christian Ray is a third-year literature student in the heart of Western North Carolina. He loves fantasy stories and beat poetry. One can rely on Christian to watch some television or play with his dog. 

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