Sunday 26 July 2015

john malkovich as the 'unfathomable' gilbert osmond in 'the portrait of a lady'



malkovich makes me
mix my metaphors

the
basilisk stare
rock steady
unflinching
grey slate eyes
say nothing
and everything
over and over
insistence in
bloodless lids
half-lowered

crocodile calm

caught
trapped in his weblike traces
clingy tendrils
immobilise
make you quiet
submit to his will
passion is petrified
a cobra
coiled for the kill
seduces with stillness
seduces you still

the voice
a whisper, a promise, a threat
a soft chill
it slides like a slug across the nape of your neck
and bites

something scary
something sexy
something in control

makes you lose control





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