If you are even a casual Springsteen fan, and you have access to the NFL Network, do not miss the hour-long "Working on a Dream: Super Bowl Journal" documentary they are airing about eleventy-nine times over the next few days. Some hilarious moments, like Bruce sitting in the trailer supposedly putting together the setlist for his halftime show: "Hmmm.... then I'll read the Communist Manifesto, into 'Badlands'...." And a very nice glimpse into what goes through the mind of a truly consummate performer, how he prepares himself, what it's like to be on that stage. "On stage your exhilaration is in direct proportion to the void you're dancing over" -- which reminds me, in a slant-rhyme sort of way, of an old Jeanette Winterson line (from Written on the Body): "What you risk reveals what you value."
I don't believe I have ever intentionally watched the NFL Network before, but this was great stuff.
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A drafty drafty draft:
[gone. poof.]
3 comments:
i love how the & pulls you through the narrative :) nice work!
I love this poem, especially the detail about the rain and the previous sunny evening--and the laughter being the only sound for miles!
Thanks, both of you! :)
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