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Not All Poetry Is Pretty

... and it shouldn't be                    
                      
                       
                       
                              
throwing ourselves    
at descriptive ways            
of making a              
flower  
sound                      
more beautiful than              
the sight of it             
or making our  
depression                        
seem more serious              
than the next bloke                    
                       
blinding ourselves                      
to the realization                      
not all poetry is pretty                      
...and it shouldn't be
                     
                       
steadfast in our                        
form,                        
meter,                        
rhyme,                      
page landing                      
and the added image            
                  
sending the                        
angels,                        
sexy sluts,                      
and MILF's                      
out              
to find                        
some erotic-energy                        
turning the most              
primal of acts              
into some kind of              
watercolor-word-painting                      
                     
there comes a time                      
dammit!                      
where we just have to admit                      
not all poetry is pretty                      
...and it shouldn't be
                     
                
repetition                    
flowering the words                      
forced down the throat                      
of some                        
poor un-suspecting                      
fucker                      
who landed on a page                    
and thought                      
                       
"ooh that sounds nice!"                      
                   
sometimes poetry is a  
vile mass produced virus                        
that fucks up                        
a small percentage  
of the earth                          
or the need                    
to use bombs and rifles                      
like pre-historic                        
black and white movie sets                        
of yester-year                
while other fuckers                  
fly heavy rockets                      
through galaxies                      
exploding                          
continents              
                       
during a time  
when media frenzy is                    
a slap to the face                      
of a guy with                        
a mouth the size                      
of an ocean-liner                      
-the type of slap                      
we got                        
asking for post-date                    
kisses                      
in the early teens                    
                       
and in the                        
southern              
most              
tip                      
of Africa                      
some fucker                        
drops Typhoid                      
into drinking-water                      
                       
the truth                                  
sometimes poetry                      
is as ugly                        
as the protagonists                      
in dull                      
uninspired                        
stories                  
                       
left for the writing                      
left for the reading                      
left for the film-making                      
                  
                       
 
Written by RevolutionAL (Alistair Plint)
Published | Edited 29th Mar 2022
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