{"id":11010,"date":"2011-01-11T13:53:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T13:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2011\/01\/11\/seventeen-syllable-sketches\/"},"modified":"2011-01-11T13:53:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T13:53:17","slug":"seventeen-syllable-sketches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2011\/01\/11\/seventeen-syllable-sketches\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen-Syllable Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Be<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Between phony formality<\/span>
And false familiarity<\/span>
Be.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pulp, p. 152<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Aim low<\/span>
Don't try<\/span>
To sleep in your own bed at night<\/span>
Is success enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bukowski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Too degraded<\/span>
To be called effete<\/span>
His droppings were poems<\/span>
Nonetheless<\/span><\/p>\n

Meat Wheel <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Meat wheel rolling<\/span>
Ever voiding<\/span>
Hopes of mortals<\/span>
Moiling <\/span>
In the Void.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maker of Gravemakers<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Born to die<\/span>
Lupine Road <\/span>
1922<\/span>
Wolf to girls<\/span>
Who make graves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forgetful Troglodyte<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The bridge bum forgot<\/span>
The shirt he stole<\/span>
Which I found<\/span>
And wore to Geneva.<\/span><\/p>\n

Animation<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You are alive!<\/span>
So not just body.<\/span>
Mystery of animation!<\/span><\/p>\n

Universalia ante rem<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Same shape<\/span>
Different size.<\/span>
Two Tabasco bottles<\/span>
On the window sill.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Be Between phony formalityAnd false familiarityBe. Pulp, p. 152 Aim lowDon't tryTo sleep in your own bed at nightIs success enough. Bukowski Too degradedTo be called effeteHis droppings were poemsNonetheless Meat Wheel  Meat wheel rollingEver voidingHopes of mortalsMoiling In the Void. Maker of Gravemakers Born to dieLupine Road 1922Wolf to girlsWho make graves. Forgetful Troglodyte … Continue reading “Seventeen-Syllable Sketches”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}