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[time] => 2008-02-05 04:13:59
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[bodytext] => patron of the arts that’s me. stupid. that’s me, also. i promised this woman who runs the local poetry club that i’d stop by their meeting tomorrow afternoon and pick up a copy of the newest book by their latest discovery… some woman who won a Guggenheim or book of the year or something like that. she’s also had her share of Fellowships and prizes. nice guy that i am, i’m going to buy it but i already know what it’s going to be like… the same old blah blah blah, with all the proper references and footnotes, obscurities and allusions. it’s going to be crap because it’s all too simple and all too safe. all too poetic. without even reading it i know she never once wrote a poem about three pens on a dirty counter, a crumpled candy wrapper and a nearly empty bottle of wine. not once has she looked over the edge of whatever book's she's reading and observed life. not once. i’m sure of it. right now, my dog’s sitting on the floor, panting, growing older, getting deaf, but she’s got more heart and soul and poetry left in her than i’ll ever find in that stupid overpriced book i know i’m going to buy tomorrow afternoon. [comments] => 0 [counter] => 170 [topic] => 43 [informant] => JohnYamrus [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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