Glad to see you working off your feelings to such good
effect and with such subtle word-play about word-play,
Bunny. Do you hope/fear that your poetry slam will
undo the buckle? Wonder if 'inky biro' might conjure
up an additional picture of this in/competent creep?
cheers, cara
--- Bunny Goodjohn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi
all,
>
> Life's been manic here and I apologise for not
> participating of late. good
> news - I've organised a poetry slam here in
> Lynchburg, USA - the buckle of
> the bible belt, so I'm not sure how its going to pan
> out. Fingers crossed
> for Nov. 9th. Here's a newbie I worked on over fall
> break:
>
> SMUG BASTARD
>
> I hate you, you TURD, with all your petty
> little four-tile words, CRAP,
> SLAP, SLOP straddled across pink and blue
> squares, you adding your score
> with your scratchy, bloody biro.
>
> I can't stand the way you pore
> over your letters and use both hands to bring
> them to the board. I hate the banality,
> of their definition. Why can't you craft
> beautiful words, words like FINALITY?
>
> Why does it always have to be ZOO
> and not ZIGOTE? I hate the way you nudge
> onto the red squares with JUDGE and JAGGED.
> If you struck me with SPLENDID or MADRIGAL,
> I'd not get so angry.
>
> You slide down your BURGER and LAGER
> with that engineer grin. I hate the way you
> hang off my SENSITIVE with SUPERIOR
> and the fact that I'm an English Major
> and should beat the damn PANTS off you.
>
> B
> A
> SMUG
> T
> A
> R
> D
>
> Bunny
> "Sometimes a poem about a fish is just that - a poem
> about a fish."
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