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The Cold, Cold Science Of Poetry

The words are calculated by
a razor sharp academic,

before they are set down

with exact precision,

 

Then the poem is sliced

and spliced wide open,

dissected and analysed

under a powerful lens,

 

Anything that contains the

slightest warmth of human

frivolity is discarded

or disinfected,

 

Anything that strays from

the pure science of cold

calculated verse is deemed

as useless and stamped

 

Into the stainless steel

floor beneath a hydrolic

robotic jackboot.

 

Alas, I hear the death

cry of humanity

on every breath

of wind,

 

And of course, as usual

nobody seems to give

a shit about the whole

fucking thing.

 

 

 

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  • lyrebird
    November 24, 2009

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    A powerfully written piece, particularly the closing. It makes me wonder what would happen if I were to analyse it, as I do with so many poems in my English class.

    floor beneath a hydrolic
    - By "hydrolic", do you mean "hydraulic"?


    • Jacob S. Steadman
      November 24, 2009
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      Yes I did mean hydraulic. Thanx 4 pointing that out, and thankyou for reading my stuff. J.