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Curled in my pocket, pink and full of promise: Schrödinger's kitten.
Literature
Hate
I hate
I hate well
I hate feverishly
I am the churning acid in your stomach
I am the blood pounding in your head
I am the white-knuckled fist clenching to strike
I am the red haze dimming your eyes
and clouding your mind
I am the rage that lashes out at the weak
the small and defenseless
justified by tears and fueled by alcohol
I hate passionately
I am the shaking in your hands
and grinding teeth
nails digging into your palms
I am everything you hate
boiling to the surface in a froth of
bile
blood
and excrement
I am the indiscriminate spray of bullets
at the school
church
nightclub
I am the madman raving on the news
heaping blame
Literature
Rosebush
If I were to tell you,
"Life is not a bed of roses."
Would you still continue
To pull the weeds from beneath the rows?
If I said,
"There are some wounds that cannot heal."
Would you still reach between the brambles
And allow the thorns to pierce your skin?
Were I to mention,
"Even the brightest of flowers
Will eventually succumb to time."
Would you still cut the heads
In preparation for the new spring buds?
You simply smile and say;
"Yes.
For even the most vapid vine deserves to be cultivated.
Only then can it bloom
And truly enjoy its time in the sun."
Literature
mellow satire poetry
Beautiful contemporary muse,
in denim and plaid clad hips you'll infuse
my only positive trait,
artistic bipolarity
Your cheeky smile, joking lips
speak mellow satire poetry
longing to taste your prose,
as of yet undiscovered.
Pretty girl, in blindness
you'll find clarity in me,
or vice versa.
Bleed gold words in silver verse
endearing, your modest insecurities
behind wooden eyes seeing
straight through me.
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I broke down yesterday, what with the Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot exceeding the gross domestic product of several of the world's smaller countries, and actually purchased a couple of chances at the brass ring.
But I forgot to call up the winning numbers before closing down the lottery terminal, so I brought the ticket home: well aware that the system already knew whether I had a winner, even though I still didn't. That state of affairs put me in mind of Herr Doktor Schrödinger's famous gedankenspiel — and the rest is history, or at least the above senryū.
Unfortunately, it appears I will not be retiring to my own private micronation anytime soon. C'est fou le hasard.
N.B. The original title ("Pet Theory") was discarded as being more cutesy than clever. The new title is the transliteration of the Japanese word for 'lottery ticket', chûsenken. I hope you'll agree that its literalness makes for a better fit.
But I forgot to call up the winning numbers before closing down the lottery terminal, so I brought the ticket home: well aware that the system already knew whether I had a winner, even though I still didn't. That state of affairs put me in mind of Herr Doktor Schrödinger's famous gedankenspiel — and the rest is history, or at least the above senryū.
Unfortunately, it appears I will not be retiring to my own private micronation anytime soon. C'est fou le hasard.
N.B. The original title ("Pet Theory") was discarded as being more cutesy than clever. The new title is the transliteration of the Japanese word for 'lottery ticket', chûsenken. I hope you'll agree that its literalness makes for a better fit.
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I feel that the explanation is too much, in a way, and that the poem (even as short as it is) should carry the weight of its meaning.
Sorry about the island nation, though. Bummer.
Sorry about the island nation, though. Bummer.