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.

Raluca-Ioana Manolescu

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Clark Gable in Mansfield

Prezenta lui de playboy era o flacara licarinda,
ce iesea in evidenta prin zambete stralucitoare ca diamantele bratarilor.
GABLE IMBULZIT DE FANI CARE AU STRABATUT MILE INTREGI.
scriau ziarele ca am facut New Yorkul de rusine,
dar Yankeii din Mansfield au pus la cale o strategie de asteptare
si au reusit sa-l faca sa dea autografe pe o sumedenie de fotografii.
Dactilografe cu buze de foc, isi lasau foile de o parte
si-l imbulzeau pentru autografe cu numele lui celebru.
“Clark, aici, Clark”-Inca se mai aude acel refren,
“mama mea va considera cel mai atragator barbat in viata!”
Inca il vad, stand cu mana in buzunar,
ca si cum Mansfield era fermecatorul Palm Springs,
si nu un loc care sa-i strice dispozitia.