<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460582" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>0102 This is a disposable poem</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is a disposable poem.<br>Under each stanza<br>is a perforated line</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you may read it stanza by stanza<br>and throw away each as you read<br>or having it read it through, <br>shorten it stanza by stanza</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">since many poems on this site<br>benefit from curtailing<br>because amateur poets<br>tend to be uncertain<br>about their work</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and as a result either repeat<br>the essence of their poem at the end<br>or comment on it which takes<br>the power out of it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you might want to save that<br>previous stanza but as for <br>the other stanzas, here’s<br>a suggestion<br> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">enjoy being a critic and<br>dispose of them with a flourish<br>in one of these ways<br>certainly not both for reasons<br>which will become apparent</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">one method is to place<br>a waste-paper basket so called<br>at an optimum distance<br>far enough away to enjoy throwing<br>the ball of scrunch-up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but near enough not to miss; <br>do it with a flourish, <br>feel good, feel judgmental, <br>feel superior, feel right</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">or alternatively take this disposable poem<br>into the smallest room to read<br>for as long as it takes, this varies, <br>then put it behind you so to speak</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">again with a decisive gesture<br>though of course due care and<br>you may wish to accompany this<br>with some rather biblical utterance</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">such as, I shit in judgment upon<br>the works of the ungodly<br>and as for the works of the infidel<br>I put them behind me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and they shall be carried away<br>by the waters of righteousness yea<br>as though they had never been</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">aaah that felt good</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460582" data-title="0102 This is a disposable poem de Michael Shepherd" data-description="This is a disposable poem. Under each stanza is a perforated line - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you may read it stanza by stanza and throw away each as you read or having it read it through, shorten it stanza by stanza - - - - - -..."></div> </div> </div>

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