Lifeboatman
replying on Plastic is Forever by http://mulberryfairy
14 Sep 2003, 8:53 PM
fool..
What would make me feel good, Horus, is if you can bite the corner of a sidewalk and let me kick the back of your head...
I think not.
I use a school computer.
That is why there is the same comp. number.
"staring" not "starring".
a common theme. This doesn't stand out for me.
though a bit of curiousity in "hiding in the shadows" and being afraid of "them all" (the shadows you're hiding in, or all the staring people that aren't there?)
A couple matters of rhythm bug me, but I like the tone.
Far too much time on your hands. And comepooie.
strange.
why the dash in snoring?
I don't get it. :/
I like this. could use some spit and polish, but I'm not quite sure where. 9.
you've got some good (if not overdone) material, but the execution of it leaves room for polish. or a couple more tries. I'd suggest losing the first stanza and getting straight into the action. less generic angst, more bloody details, more specific emotion, less... less of every other poem on this subject.
indeed.
is the grammar/spelling part of the poem's point, or just there?
hmm.
nicely put. ;)
this is very strange. it tugs me several directions, so I'll just try to respond to it in a linear fashion.
the first light sets me up for a horrible poem--cliche beyond belief. really. the second, though, is interesting--it says, "hey, here's a potentially unique viewpoint, sorry about that cliche I started with".
"eye's" is the possessive of eye, not its plural. and "gold pyrite" ... it's just "pyrite". or "fool's gold". trying too hard for the rhyme, I think.
the second stanza has some good sentiment in it, but it's clumsily stated. partially trying too hard for the rhyme, partially... just missing a coherent flow.
the last two stanzas beat the drum of something I can't agree with, but I'll try not to argue that. Just a note that forced ryhmes and butchered rhythm really don't promote what you're trying to say.
and "always beautiful in my head, no evil you can find" is just disturbing. really. like you're on some sort of "happy drug" ala brave new world, or being brainwashed ala 1984. really.
certainly you've removed the informative. somewhat. your imagery has me solidly confused (a black lump of oxygenated carbon). I can't really feel "a snow cone melting on summer's day" (hmm; nitpick: it should either be "in summer's day" or "on a summer's day"). I can feel "a slow trickle of organs", but don't think it has the tone you're going for? [[rather sublime and gross it is, an interesting idea, but... out of place]]
really don't get what a "frosting freeze" would be. or what's reaching and what's being touched.
("to far gone" should be "too far gone")
the second stanza has seeds of something, if there was a better flow to it; and the last stanza brings it crashing down, in my opinion. done done done.
As it happens, Sir, I know a great deal about harnesses. Bathing harnesses, evacuating harnesses, mating harnesses, shoehorning harnesses: you name it, I've been clumsily strapped into it and forced to engage in the corresponding activity.
Furthermore old bean, if you think "mind your own fucking business" has any meaning coming from you after the last 14+ months of you constantly and deliberately exposing the details of your life through the medium of long, tedious arguments with attention-obsessed, talentless groupies, then you've obviously lost sight of what a ridiculous figure you've become on poemeranker. You don't even have the excuse of being a fictional gestalt entity made of a voice box and a handicap sticker.
And this time... it's personal.
It's called multi tasking and windows darky. I work on editing music and other things via my computer so it is easy to just keep a ranker window open, and besides poetry is my love. As for harnesses, old bean, what would a voice box, and a handicap sticker know about harnesses? Besides the ones that take him in and out of vans and bathtubs, mind your own fucking business.
Jolly rousing speech old bean, but I can't help wondering how spending about 25 hours a week arguing on a poetry web site is "fighting for a better life and stronger foundation and education for my family". You're not even in the correct harness, for God's sake.
No, he'd want you to use it as a forum for a huge, spastic argument about who's being the most selfish and insensitive.