A Wombless Vacuum Lacuna
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It seems I yell out nothings, nothings, not
One thing the universe desires. My clouds
Are chocked with ambiguities, more clot
Than what most readers want. It seems the crowds
Want Rap instead of poetry, if Rap
Is filth and innuendo, bullying
And rape and crime, a swill of rhyming crap,
Indecent macho, drug-filled sullying.
Suppose my sonnets are not nothings, then,
So what? If in vacuum of space,
Their sense and sound know doom–and no amen,
They might as well fade out without a trace.
Their envelopes when left unopened fall
From heaven in a meaningless black squall.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized |