A poem by some loose definition, would you cc?

think go in reading: sets listener set of not-quite-exorbitant metaphors, deflates process amusingly (and cleverly) in last line.

think 'writerly' poem needs context work (you need have established reader trust before launch it) - fly best near end of live performance, or near end of selection (not @ end, exit on upbeat).

think current last line job, if i'd play around more deliberate deflations ('they don't deliver' / 'they won't make sense' / 'they don't that').

try how different lines feel in mouth - performance piece.

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of course, might talking complete nonsense. have norovirus epidemic in uk now, , got slice.

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postcard tangletower crossing

words wire hangers in basket
escalator twisting toward cloud
tracks left dogs in river crossed
kettle blowing steam fog.
expect them mean
try hide surprise when find
they’re reasonless.

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