There were families in Canada that were prosecuted ... - Memewar
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mcdonalds uncle ben’s rice<br />
beefaroni<br />
vegetarian<br />
but all we found was full stomach and full<br />
fat <strong>in</strong> and around the belly of our m<strong>in</strong>d<br />
we had to get full<br />
so we ate our universe<br />
with our magnificent stomachs<br />
we ate for Neal Cassidy<br />
we ate for Muhammad Ali<br />
we ate Samuel L Jackson<br />
we ate for Forest Gump<br />
one of every burger on the menu at Mcdonald’s<br />
i would not be here if I wasn’t saved<br />
i’d be at the Gap pay<strong>in</strong>g 97 dollars and 86 cents<br />
for brand new jeans <strong>that</strong> look used<br />
i was saved by madness<br />
by the m<strong>in</strong>d of someone who was beat<br />
beaten, beatific<br />
he showed me burgers and babes<br />
taught me the urge to be destroyed<br />
he showed me the blank page<br />
and how to read and write it<br />
so now i’m talk<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> my own legitimacy<br />
talk<strong>in</strong>g and mov<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> legitimacy<br />
my habit humor hair<br />
no rhetorical heighten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
i’m talk<strong>in</strong>g to a friend<br />
common and personal<br />
confessed as actual<br />
not literal<br />
it’s the writer and the time<br />
<strong>that</strong> makes me move<br />
words and lots of them<br />
one after the other<br />
bounc<strong>in</strong>g s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g sex<strong>in</strong>g eat<strong>in</strong>g lick<strong>in</strong>g your mom tott<strong>in</strong>g slugg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the quality of our existence is at stake<br />
structure of life is <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic<br />
never imposed<br />
ultimately love<br />
for words<br />
will save us<br />
poetry cannot be solely a measure of literary bad ass moves or<br />
blah blah i know this word<br />
but must be addressed as a fundamental <strong>in</strong>quiry<br />
“how are you?”<br />
“stay away”<br />
from creative writ<strong>in</strong>g courses<br />
run far far away and run<br />
become discipl<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
they are the homeless ask<strong>in</strong>g for your spare change<br />
i believe now<br />
i believe <strong>in</strong> mak<strong>in</strong>g this immediate<br />
me<br />
you<br />
read<strong>in</strong>g me aloud<br />
<strong>in</strong> your head<br />
hear<strong>in</strong>g you<br />
read<strong>in</strong>g me aloud<br />
because this is important<br />
like breakfast<br />
i believe <strong>in</strong> writers block<br />
i can’t write without the voices<br />
the demons<br />
the lovers<br />
my mother<br />
i believe <strong>in</strong> the blank page go<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and all <strong>that</strong> white mov<strong>in</strong>g<br />
i throw words at it<br />
and if they catch<br />
they catch<br />
i’ll pick up the others later<br />
when they matter<br />
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