I said cross-eyed that I was freedom incarnate
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.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/67fyzg/best_left_alone/dgqy5sm/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/67h33n/notes_from_english_lecture_march_8th/dgqy8gh/
Posted Apr 25, 2017, 10:10 PM UTC
Bug me about this later, as there's more to say. But to just point out some things that stuck out to me
I feel that's a bit too much taking the piss (with bananas at least to me being the quintessential "lolrandom" fruit).
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").
Trying to make something of it but has not made it through yet. I do like "blasting techno-/jargon")
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.
I feel like
(s)was only appended out of fear of being sincere, which I found offputting.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.
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.