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Hmmm... putting aside your reference to "Corrupt old men" which I fear might put readers like Grampa Pogi on the defensive (-: I like the theme and the way you've developed it.
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Hello Iram,
Ha ha , BobChoi, what it says may surprise you . . . because Iram says "Just corrupt old men" and so long as these corrupt old men are "Just" which, according to dictionary could also mean "honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions; consistent with what is morally right; righteous; properly due or merited; valid within the law; lawful; suitable or proper in nature; fitting; based on fact or sound reason; well-founded", then it is perfectly okay. :-)
Seriously . . .
When it comes to poetry, at times, I end up scratching my head. I know there are lots of metaphors and innuendoes and other things and that makes reading poetry all the more tentative. It needs proper analysis in order to be perceived properly and one reader might have a different take than another.
That said, I was able to understand the first three stanzas. It's the fourth line on the last stanza that stumped me. "On the horizon a prince should ascend,". (No problems with the other lines). I'm sure there's some kind of motivation for this line but at this point it escapes me.
Grampa
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What I see is a model
What I gather from the POV of the poet
are the poet's perception, bias, opinion,
jealousy of the glam girl's fame, fortune (she might even snag a prince), the aura around her . . .
despise of the Hugh Hefners and implicit despise of the glam girl
The juxtaposition of the glam girl and corrupt old men
is like saying she's really a whore in the poet's mind
but wishing to be in her high shoes . . .
Blame it on the corrupt old men
But men are forever young, of pure innocence, unsullied by corruption . . . so Grampa Pogi is exempt
Back to being serious: I really like this poem . . .
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