KONG -- king of the world!

upon my 1st viewing of the original version
i turn to my dad and say -- even if this story
turns round to myth -- LOOK DAD A MONKEY
i was maybe 5 years old

the original movie was released in 1933
the world was in shambles
about to get even more fucked up
who knew that but in retrospect

kong's been remade twice since 1933
i prefer the classic
for one screening i said
o holy crazy kid did you know yeats was alive

in '33 & might have seen this flick
yeats' poetry seems so old
kong appears ageless
rippling muscles thru ripening fur

the figure of skull mountain
the march of soldiers in europe
the flare of blood & fire
the held purpose of something written on water