03-11-2012, 05:15 AM
(03-09-2012, 04:51 PM)billy Wrote: I leap straight into metaphorOverall this is a funny and somewhat insightful poem. Thanks for the read.
like a lemming into space.
Words fly and land;
splat! Flat, against a pixellated net.
My similis are oft' misspelt Should that be "similes"? I also think a comma after "misspelt" would help the flow.
unkempt; they're not dyslexic The syntax of this fragment, from the semi-colon to "wrote," is a bit weak, but the internal rhyme with "scrote" is so funny that I can just about forgive it.
but hectic wrote. No time to scratch
my scrote that itches
burning like an on-heat bitch,
hidden inside my pen. This last line feels superfluous.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

