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Open Poetry #46

The Photocopy

The Shadow in Blue
Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 493
EL, Michigan

0 posted 2010-04-12 08:35 PM

Copied copies of copies
litter my desk,
have infiltrated my backpack,
are highlighted to death.
Branded with JStor
they're the product of a Muse.

Their pages untold,
jargon laden,
interject the unknowable.
Things,
better left unsaid.

Forcefully
bending my ear,
detracting my gaze,
in theory amenable,
but in practice a chore.

By copying
the copied copies of copies
the concept itself
is diluted
at best.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2010-04-12 09:14 PM

Yo The Shadow in Blue,

Except for original creations, everything in the world is a copy.

Bobby

The Shadow in Blue
Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 493
EL, Michigan

2 posted 2010-04-12 09:43 PM

too true. Which is why I feel like I shouldn't have to read scholarly, philosophically based articles.

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

3 posted 2010-04-13 12:04 PM

Monkeys on typewriters? Nope. Monkeys on word processors with internet access? Yep.

I hear you loud and clear, Lady.

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

4 posted 2010-04-13 06:49 PM

I particularly like that last bit. Me... I'm just Memorex. Thanks for sharing.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

5 posted 2010-04-13 07:54 PM

"Their pages untold,
jargon laden,
interject the unknowable.
Things,
better left unsaid...

By copying
the copied copies of copies
the concept itself
is diluted
at best."
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Very true and powerfully expressed, you used the metaphor of copies well here, I especially loved the ending.

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

6 posted 2010-04-13 09:16 PM

...well, I liked it all, but especially enjoyed this:

"Their pages untold,
jargon laden,
interject the unknowable.
Things,
better left unsaid"

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