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.

Rodica (Tita) Ionas

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Clark Gable in Mansfield

Figura lui de curtezan era un licar de vapaie,
zambetul sau ca o bratara de diamante te orbea.
GABLE PRINS LA INGHESUIALA DE FANII VENITI DE DEPARTE
ziarele ziceau c-am umilit New Yorkul,
dar echipa din Mansfield a asteptat sa vada ce se-ntampla
si l-au prins cand dadea autografe multimii.
Dactilografele cu buzele de foc si-au parasit dosarele
si l-au inconjurat sa le dea ciorne cu numele lui sonor.
“Clark, aici, Clark” - refrenul inca se aude,
“Mamma mia, esti cel mai tare barbat de pe lume !”
Inca-l mai vad, cu mana-n buzunar,
de parca Mansfield ar fi fost luxosul Palm Springs,
si nu un loc in care sa-si ascunda toanele.