This morning
I had coffee
with Ed
well,
not exactly,
it was more like
Ed's head.
It was
just like Ed
except smaller
and cut off
at the collar.
And in my cup
he was like coffee
except without
all the caffeine
and water
and tannic acid
and stuff.
I don't know
if it was his
moire pattern
or the way his
backlight kept
going off,
but somehow
he seemed to be
nothing more
than a TFT
Active Matrix
electron overscan.
A transflective
reproduction
of a digitally
rendered
painting
of himself.
This morning
I had coffee
with Ed
or at least
with his
blue-eyed
digitally
reprocessed
head.
Author notes
During freebie weeks there's a picture. At all other times, your imagination will have to suffice.
Written February 15th, 2005
A contest entry
- The Coffee Anthology (Contest) by ea.
500 points, ended June 16, 2006, 19 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Tempus Fugit by Long Road Home.
2007 points, ended May 29, 2007, 53 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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what did he pick his tea/coffee cup up with thats what i want to know and does he have bogies and does he fart out of his ears...you are looking particularly sexy today dear reader if i may boldly say so as to wallops me chops plinkle burg pooplewit bingbats dilly downs
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Very difficult to deal with this font on this background. I think I will call it a morning and return to these again later today or tomorrow.
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Lawn angst??? Cool! Does it involve sneaky gnomes and a silent sprinkler-head conspiracy?
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You are all too wierd for me. Bohb told me it was safe to venture in here.
I always worry when I see that name. He is kind of outside my normal reading range.
Hey I know this poet guy Popeye and he is thinking about writing a poem about lawn angst... -
It's a little hard to read with the background so I had to highlight it but what I read was great. He sounds like a dandy person to have coffee or anything with. Very clever poem. Keep up the good work!
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The comment page is slightly hard to read due to the fonts blended with the background. A very funny poem, one of the most absurd pieces I've ever read...but in this case it's the absurdity that scores!!
Great work!! I've read few of Ed's poems..he's great too! -
Can't say as I've tried tonguing 220V nevermind anything more than a 9V (well, except this chick, Monica, in eigth grade... had more power than a 9V I'll tell ya SHE was a battery charger)
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I bet this will look really stupid next week when Kevin turns off the silver membership... heheheh
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LOL
Coffee with Ed's head would be like tonguing 220VAC while standing in a pool of warm water.....bound to increase your capacity for pain (and perhaps some inducement of pleasure...but at what cost?).
This is clever. You are clever. Ed is clever. Ed is pixellated. Ed exists only in the coffee cup of one's imagination. -
Oh yes... Looking again I do see the similarity.... lol!
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Do I rememrememmmm rememmember MaaaMax Head Max Headroom?
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remember Max Headroom?
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hey. I like coffee, and I like me. I feel a bit underpixelated today. ZZZZZZTTTT.
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