This is the Best Poem You'll Ever Read
This is the best poem you'll ever read.
It's got you and me in it.
The lines break
when
you don
't expect them to.
Because I don't know the rules of poetry I
forget what I was saying.
It makes you think you are the you,
and you are. Which thrills you
because I write about some tiny quirk of yours (your glorious extra toe) as though I'm in love with you.
This is the best poem you'll ever read.
There's gravitas, a dead bird on the sidewalk as a symbol.
And talk of some ancient god, say Mithra, because all the best poems contain gods!
Did you see
the exclamation point - you didn't expect that.
or
t
h
i
s
(kind of ee cummings sort of shit)
And finally, with a little more repetition to bring it together
This is the best poem you'll ever read.
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THAT WAS THE BEST POEM I EVER READ TODAY ON THE INTERNET
Yes. Yes it is. I felt things while I read that, but for my reading, I would not have felt.
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Well, it's maybe the funniest! *
Incredible. How in hell did you know about my extra toe? I love you, too. I'll never need another. *
You have to throw in an ancient god. It's mandatory. *
Metapoem with delighting self-reference and parody. Pleasure to read.
Yeah. This is brilliant.*
:)
<3
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Lxx
I absolutely did NOT expect the exclamation point.
A good read, Lynn. Favorite line:
"There's gravitas, a dead bird on the sidewalk as a symbol."
This is why I don't write poetry.*
Sooooo wry & amusing Ah, & soooo post-modern--or would that be post-structuralism? Whatever. Oh, & love the self-referentiality. (kind of. . . sort of literary analysis bullshit on my part, that is). Anyway, always like a poem when I wish I'd written it! Gotta smile at the clever stanza:
"It makes you think you are the you,
and you are. Which thrills you
because I write about some tiny quirk of yours (your glorious extra toe) as though I'm in love with you." Such fun to read--all of it. Waaay Fav!
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You need some synasthesia:The blue rang in my ears. Or is it anesthesia, I forget. Never mind, this cannot be improved on.
STOP! Ha!*