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These careful poems
I hate them
they are like death certificates
filled out by doctors in creative writing -
scalpel-qualified professionals
performing autopsies
on cold bodies
with textbook precision and tedium
standardized forms designed
to pinpoint cause
for the living to file away
or send to the authorities
for approval
so the legatees may collect
their inheritance.
2 comments:
I'd be interested if you could give an example of what you consider a "careful poem"...?
Ugh. There are so many. I get them all the time in my inbox from the Poetry Foundation. Bloodless. Sentimental. Unrisky (is that a word?) Academic. Overly crafted. Too clever. I’ll say, like porn vs. True art, you know it when you see it.
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