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impulse

it made about as much sense as
spreading
                    mayonnaise over cat-shit;
making
a toasted-cheese sandwich out of a word;
coaxing toads to
jump one-legged into a bowl of acorns;
asking Freshman to
fire microwave popcorn at
dead

gray-winged moths
sleeping on dusty windowsills
               in the dormitory of Aurelius Hall
with slingshots
                    fastened only at one end,

but i did it anyway.

my right thumb
(numbly laboring across the key-pad)
typed quickly a
callous and hasty text-message that said:
“i need my book
(a worn copy of Love is a Dog From Hell)
back
               … just put it in my mailbox.”

“need” was an almost distant
                    and strangely absurd word
for me to use,
because honestly it really wasn’t true.
i could lie and blame it on
                    this intelligent Spring day,
(April showers bring May flowers)
but the hell with that …
               she is an amazing lay and
into
artlessly having sex with married men,
so on a whim,
frankly ~
i sent it to see if
                    she wanted to fuck tonight.

 

H.L. Peterson (January 2009)

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  • Emmyb gold member
    October 7
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    I didnt laugh, but I did wonder whether I should pop that book in your mailbox some time.


  • Odds and Ends
    July 3

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    I laughed.

    I laughed because I did the same thing with my current boyfriend several times last year.

    with the same book.

    it's not the same now that the book is back.


  • otepsaint
    April 14

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    I love it...

    I love it... It has an eerie truthfulness about it that gives the average woman shivers... we had hoped you were thinking that...
    ~Alie


  • TankA
    March 22
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    THE DRY HUMOR AND IMAGERY IS AMAZINGLY WELL DONE. YOUR HONESTY IS ADMIRABLE IN THE END.


  • Crowheart
    March 13

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    you slay me brother
    i croaked
    as an acorn lodged within my scorn
    knee deep in excuses
    she already knew
    she was fucked by your honesty


  • Chemicals
    February 20
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    Good job faggot, way to keep yourself "X"


  • ArtFullyMe gold member
    February 17
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    What Cat said,

    there count one more.


  • valentina
    February 16
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    i love how this is void of bullshit pretty words.
    and mayo on cat shit - ahahaha!


  • Heart Sutra
    February 15
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    In fact, it is so good that I have read it again. On that note, I am not going to read any more AP poetry right now. I am going to let this one just sit with me and come back later after the rain dies down around here.

    • A Prophet of 3 gold member
      February 16
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      you are always too kind ... thank you hun

      and send some of that rain my way ... it is much easier to shovel than all this snow

  • Heart Sutra
    February 15

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    There is some cold mayo in this poem! Whew! It is amazing the disdain we can feel for one another. Maybe Freud was right, our relationships are built purely on "sex and aggression." Interesting how a man is portrayed as always wanting a woman to be a good fuck but then is spiteful and condemning of her afterwords. Yet, none the less, he is happy to call her back for another fuck when the mood strikes. I have also known women who behaved that way with lessor men. Call him for a bang and then ridicule him all the next day but call him the next week for another slop session. See how we humans are? No wonder the Aliens gossip about us.

    Seriously, excellent poem! Best one I have read today and in a long time on AP.



  • Cat gold member
    February 14
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    thanks so much,

    mary


  • Myjoy gold member
    February 6
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    hmmmmm well don't we all have moments, or that person. It's funny how we make that list of who is who and what is what, who will do what when it fits our mood. To need, or to want, just to know you can have.....whatever... makes me think on all the messages sent to me for the same reason.


  • Grunts Girl silver member
    January 27

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    it made about as much sense as
    spreading
    mayonnaise over cat-shit;
    making
    a toasted-cheese sandwich out of a word;
    coaxing toads to
    jump one-legged into a bowl of acorns;
    asking Freshman to
    fire microwave popcorn at
    dead
    ((( i will never be able to have mayo on anything and not think of cat shit... lol..fuck! omg lol.. that is a most memorable opening, i loved it.)))

    gray-winged moths
    sleeping on dusty windowsills
    in the dormitory of Aurelius Hall
    with slingshots
    fastened only at one end,

    but i did it anyway.
    (((all of the images from one legged frogs to the moths i remember myself in dusty windowsills... great scene- flexibly bizzar with the cheese sandwich)))

    my right thumb
    (numbly laboring across the key-pad)
    typed quickly a
    callous and hasty text-message that said:
    “i need my book
    (a worn copy of Love is a Dog From Hell)
    back
    … just put it in my mailbox.”

    “need” was an almost distant
    and strangely absurd word
    for me to use,
    because honestly it really wasn’t true.
    i could lie and blame it on
    this intelligent Spring day,
    (April showers bring May flowers)
    but the hell with that …
    she is an amazing lay and
    into
    artlessly having sex with married men,
    so on a whim,
    frankly ~
    i sent it to see if
    she wanted to fuck tonight.
    (((ahh yes... the feeler email with the word need... i always go from need and want... funny how we often lay with the word need far more often than want... maybe so we dont seem so selfish- dunno... that is most likely myself anyway.. catholic guilt LOL...i sometimes think if i use the word want instead of need i sound like a demanding bitch... and yet using need i sound like a whining bitch ... its a lose lose situation really.
    Anyway, I really loved where it ended. So i sit and wonder if painting smeared upon the walls lol. Loved this entry and thanks so much for taking the time!)))


  • tara wilson gold member
    January 26
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    this is a fun poem.


  • Redstormy gold member
    January 25

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    I never thought of Bukowski as a pick-up line. lol
    I have that book and a few others. Love the poem.
    You naughty boy


  • jantastic gold member
    January 25
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    .


  • ariazephyrzoe gold member
    January 23

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    riveting from start to finish, the kind that I can only read from you

    (April showers bring May flowers)
    it came out as an amazing spring board


  • Dalaney gold member
    January 23
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    i like this.

    laney


  • redbird
    January 20
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    yea, this is good.


  • Night Hope gold member
    January 20
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    Impulse vs: Instinct - ehhh...Semantics

    "a toasted-cheese sandwich out of a word;"

    "i could lie and blame it on
    this intelligent Spring day"

    H.L., you made me ravenous. And thirsty. Sheesh, Scribe.
    You these halls, my Friend. *holds up lighter*
    The hell with the mail. I'd deliver it by hand, if I were her.



  • Rowan gold member
    January 19

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    you should've come skiing, but so glad you didn't. The first stanza was hilarious, the second even better; with the need. It really is an over-used word
    and unusually bogus to boot. But I do say it, (not usually over a book) but it's there, like a wish or a
    whim of fulfill me, or make my day better...
    and that says it all, I guess. I'm with you on this
    and to top it all off, damn fine poetics, my friend.
    So did you want that book by Friday?
    *winks*
    So good to come home and read something like this.
    Thanks.
    K.

  • Rowan gold member
    January 10
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    can hardly wait.


  • redbird
    January 9
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    tell me when this is done !!

  • Night Hope gold member
    January 9
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    I always gots a spot for ya, Proph...right here. *pats next to me*
    *clink* Cheers, Scribe. lil' night

    (applause & standing ovation now, 'cause I considered the source & trust my instincts implicitly)


    • A Prophet of 3 gold member
      January 19

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      my new piece is done for Mary's contest ... you have to check it out from my page since the entry still had "May" the month prompt on it, don't know why ...

      anyway, it's called "impulse"


  • Cat gold member
    January 8
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    of course


  • Grunts Girl silver member
    January 8
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    of course

    • Cat gold member
      January 8
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      oh my god heidi.. we really are sistahs from another motha... (my hip is not very) look how i answered this before i read yours...

      • A Prophet of 3 gold member
        January 8
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        i think you 2 need a good stiff drink ... as a matter of fact ... i think i need one now ... when is the deadline for the poem?

        • Grunts Girl silver member
          January 8
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          you know....
          if you were clever...
          have May? in the title line...
          then in the poem part put:
          i reserve a spot?
          so its like its own question
          lol deadline is jan 21 i think
          it isnt even 9am here but i am up for something!

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