Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Clark Gable in Mansfield

His playboy presence was a flickering flame,
dazzling with diamond-bracelet smiles.
GABLE MOBBED BY FANS WHO TRAVELLED MILES
the papers said we put New York to shame,
but Mansfield Yanks set up a waiting game
and got him signing photographs in piles.
Fire-lipped typists, abandoning their files
mobbed him for copies of his well-heeled name.
'Clark, over here, Clark' - Still that refrain clings,
'mi Mam thinks you're the dishiest man alive!'
Still I see him, standing hand in pocket,
as if Mansfield was glamourous Palm Springs
and not a place to make his spirits dive.

Ionela Maria Adam

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Clark Gable in Mansfield

Prezenta lui de playboy era o flacara arzanda,
stralucind cu zambete de bratari de diamante
GABLE BATJOCORIT DE FANII VENITI DE LA SUTE DE KILOMETRI
ziarele spuneau ca am facut New York-ul de ras,
dar Mansfield Yanks au pregatit un joc
si l-au pus sa dea autografe cu duiumul,
secretare cu buzele-arzande, abandonandu-si dosarele
imbulzindu-se pentru copii ale numelui sau reabilitat.
“Aici, Clark, aici”- inca rasuna acel refren,
“mama mea crede ca esti cel mai atragator barbat in viata!”
Parca il vad cu mainile in buzunar,
de parca Mansfield ar fi fost mai incantator decat Palm Springs
si nu doar un loc in care sa se imbete.