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.

Steliana Palade

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Clark Gable in Mansfield

De pe ecran, infatisarea lui de play-boy starnea pasiuni,
vrajind spectoarele cu zambetul lui diamantin.
FANELE VENITE DE DEPARTE TABARA PE GABLE
ziarele au scris ca i-am facut de rusine pe cei din New York,
dar americanii din Mansfield au aplicat stratagema asteptarii
si l-au pus sa semneze fotografii cu teancul.
Dactilografe cu buze aprinse, lasand deoparte pilele de unghii,
au tabarat pe el, cerandu-i copii ale numelui sau celebru.
„Clark, aici, Clark” - inca mai rasuna acel refren -,
„mama mea crede ca esti cel mai atractiv barbat din lume!”
Parca-l vad inca, cum statea cu mana in buzunar,
de parca Mansfield ar fi fost Palm Springs, statiunea vedetelor,
si nu un loc deprimant de anost.

Ii pastrez amintirea vie.