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**- Hilton Als]
 
**- Hilton Als]
  
The writing
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The writing<Br>
That we put
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That we put<Br>
Upon the paper
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Upon the paper<Br>
Silently screams
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Silently screams<Br>
Its sibilants and plosives;
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Its sibilants and plosives;<Br>
Yet meaninglessly meanders
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Yet meaninglessly meanders<Br>
Across the surface
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Across the surface<Br>
Of many a mind.
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Of many a mind.<Br>
~
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~<Br>
Too long, too short,
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Too long, too short,<Br>
Too nerdish,
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Too nerdish,<Br>
Too simple,
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Too simple,<Br>
Too out there.
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Too out there.<Br>
No rhythm, no rhyme,
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No rhythm, no rhyme,<Br>
Out of fashion,
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Out of fashion,<Br>
Too trendy,
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Too trendy,<Br>
"Who ya think you are?"
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"Who ya think you are?"<Br>
~
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~<Br>
A man like any other
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A man like any other<Br>
More or less.
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More or less.<Br>
Like Shylock and not.
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Like Shylock and not.<Br>
A Jeffersonian bundle
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A Jeffersonian bundle<Br>
Of contradictions,
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Of contradictions,<Br>
Both plain spoken and
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Both plain spoken and<Br>
A dealer in allusions.
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A dealer in allusions.<Br>
~
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~<Br>
Day in, day out,
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Day in, day out,<Br>
A streambed dry
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A streambed dry<Br>
Till a flash flood
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Till a flash flood<Br>
Of words burn
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Of words burn<Br>
In my brain,
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In my brain,<Br>
"Write us or lose us,
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"Write us or lose us,<Br>
We need to be said.
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We need to be said.<Br>
No one else can
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No one else can<Br>
The same way."
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The same way."<Br>
 
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**Gerald Alan Ney
           - Gerald Alan Ney
 
 
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[[Task & Purpose]]
 
[[Task & Purpose]]

Revision as of 21:19, 23 October 2018

Poet's Dilemma & Imperative 11/08/2012
["A poem is the unpaid labor of the intellect,
the fonds perdu, practice with a sandbag:
one-sided, inconsequential, and without partners."

    • - Gottfried Benn]

["anyway all artists feel 'other'.
There's not an artist on God's green earth
who feels 'emotionally speaking,'
that he or she has been invited to the prom."

    • - Hilton Als]

The writing
That we put
Upon the paper
Silently screams
Its sibilants and plosives;
Yet meaninglessly meanders
Across the surface
Of many a mind.
~
Too long, too short,
Too nerdish,
Too simple,
Too out there.
No rhythm, no rhyme,
Out of fashion,
Too trendy,
"Who ya think you are?"
~
A man like any other
More or less.
Like Shylock and not.
A Jeffersonian bundle
Of contradictions,
Both plain spoken and
A dealer in allusions.
~
Day in, day out,
A streambed dry
Till a flash flood
Of words burn
In my brain,
"Write us or lose us,
We need to be said.
No one else can
The same way."

    • Gerald Alan Ney

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Task & Purpose