I said cross-eyed that I was freedom incarnate

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bananas; (I have not eaten in a fervent while)
acquire position, sing-song, blasting techno-
jargon. It will be alive on the air waves of this
purposeful-poise that are allowing ourselves to
be consumed by and— falling, in the knowhow
that you will not be captivated by a mask(s)
daunted by them only on Sundays; its one fault
of mine that they stay whole for a weak after, 
those lies; I am halfhearted awaiting your bail.

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Posted Apr 25, 2017, 10:10 PM UTC

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damonstrator•

Bug me about this later, as there's more to say. But to just point out some things that stuck out to me

bananas;

I feel that's a bit too much taking the piss (with bananas at least to me being the quintessential "lolrandom" fruit).

(I have not eaten in a fervent while)

I love "fervent while" as a phrase. Following on "bananas" this is a bit too coherent and cute (as in "lol I blurted out a food cuz I wuz hungry").

acquire position, sing-song, blasting techno-
jargon.

Trying to make something of it but has not made it through yet. I do like "blasting techno-/jargon")

It will be alive on the air waves of this
purposeful-poise that are allowing ourselves to
be consumed by and

I think the purposefully broken grammar and anti-poetic flair is strongest in this clause. In part because this feels like something generated by auto-complete -- where we have something that is trying very hard locally to make sense but on a larger scale failing completely -- whereas much of the rest of it feels too deliberately nonsense to be interesting.

falling, in the knowhow
that you will not be captivated by a mask(s)

I feel like (s) was only appended out of fear of being sincere, which I found offputting.

daunted by them only on Sundays; its one fault
of mine that they stay whole for a weak after,
those lies; I am halfhearted awaiting your bail.

These are really good lines.


I would like to say something globally about this piece but haven't pieced my mind together yet. I'm glad to have it posted here though.

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un-candid-vestibuleOP•

yeah, I agree with the (s) I think it could have been more sincere.

bug

and thank you for the detailed feedback. This was a bit experimental.

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LinesofStone•

two lines that stood out to me were "i have not eaten in a fervent while" and "i am halfhearted awaiting your bail." i think those two allowed me to get a good feeling of what you were trying to convey. the middle portion, the meat of the piece, that made it a bit more difficult.

it's experimental, certainly. the problem i have when reading off-kilter pieces is that i can't tell what is done on purpose and what is an error. "It will be alive on the air waves of this purposeful-poise that are allowing ourselves to..." was this an error? a missing word, perhaps? or am i misreading it entirely?

i think you've probably got a good grasp of standard poetry and language in general, but remember the reader isn't in your head; with a piece like this, it may require a bit of cleanup so that the reader isn't stumbling along.

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un-candid-vestibuleOP•

ah, yes I could forsake clean it up a bit,. It was all intentional. but an experiment.

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dogtim•

I read it once and didn't understand anything and then read it twice and also did not understand anything. it reads a bit like listening to three different radio channels simultaneously. the first and last lines sound like a guy calling from jail. and then position acquired and the word blasting evoke fighter pilot talk for me.

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