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.

Ana-Maria Purec

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Clark Gable in Mansfield

Prezenta sa de playboy era ca o flacara ce palpaie,
Care te orbeste cu zambetul ca de diamant.
GABLE A FOST INGRAMADIT DE GLOATELE DE FANI CARE AU VENIT DE DEPARTE
Ziarele au spus ca am facut New York-ul de ras,
Dar Mansfield Yanks au stabilit un joc de asteptare
Si l-au facut sa semneze teancuri de fotografii.
Dactilografii nervosi, abandonandu-si dosarele,
l-au inghesuit pentru copii ale faimoaselor foi cu numele lui.
„Aici, Clark!” – inca se aude refrenul,
„Mama zice ca esti cel mai sexy barbat in viata!”
Inca il vad, cu mana in buzunar,
Ca si cand Mansfield are fi faimosul Palm Springs
Si nu un loc in care sa-i plonjeze spiritele.

Il pastrez ca pe o poza in medalion.