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graffiti 1

graphic nuisance

"Scars - the graffiti of violence."—Harry Dresden

i.
inkblots    
                                        make a rhymeless
     timeless
                                   meaningless mess
          whose absurd words
                              and crazy phrases
               make puns of nuns
                         with filthy habits.
 
ii.
the sorry lots
                                   of word harlots
     fill the slots
                              of bigots
          whose hotspots
                         dot life's pages
               with incomprehensible
                    rages.
 
iii.
crabtoe boldface fonts
                                        are wont to tease
     the muse
                                   and displease
          the queues
                              of listening ears
               that find no recompense
                         in literal nonsense.

iv.
off-the-page
                                        phrases
     scrawled
                                   on walls
          in city halls
                              perpetuate
               a plentiness
                         of emptiness.

v.
graffiti nations
                                             find no gratifications,
     for inkblots
                                        are not
          the spots
                                   for the library of congress
               to congregate
                              nor are they a gateway
                    to literary genius.

vi.
may the dye be dry
          and the blot be not,
     lest the page encaged
               leaves the sage enraged.

© Copyright 2023 September 12
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Written by cabcool
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