poetry
Before a child can grok a "ball" they have to be trained to narrow their focus from seeing a single field of multicolored light to being able to isolate spectrums. Before they can ever begin to identify shapes, they must first learn what parts of the visible spectrum to filter out, meaning to ignore, in order to be able to see.
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Poem Shadow of a Poem
For Eggtooth, who claimed one should never write a poem about a poem or a dream. This poem was created using his words.
Excerpt From the Americ Book of the Dead
The old woman’s body on a platform that fills the cave, pallid skin, leathered face, lower lip stretched up
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it was said
This poem is widely known, much praised, and probably parodied more than any other. If you’re poetry literate, you’ll probably recognize the poem right away.
This Poem is Nifty
This poem is a non-fungible token. This poem is a type of cryptocurrency. This poem is cryptic currently. This poem is interchangeable. This poem cannot buy money. This poem has no value...
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ariadne amazed
i was touched by you
i was torched by you
you put your boot on my face
i was reminded of your beauty
you put me in the maze
you put me on the beast
you saved me from yourself
you betrayed me for my self
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M.A.L.ediction of My Offense, Many of Whom are Entering Us
This poem is a mashup of Claudius’ soliloquy from Hamlet, and Donald Trump’s speech declaring his second run for
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eagles toppling mountain goats
he came up on
an eagle on a sandbar
looking over his shoulder
bloody beak dripping
with dead cormorant...
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Response to a Reputation of Despair
The host in the machine dwells in selfless
piety of abrogated selfish-less common sense...
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The Saddest Piss in the World
i’m standing in a dark closet dreaming
dreaming like a monkey
what a monkey sounds like
what a monkey sounds like when it stubs it’s toe
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