Consider poetry
& all of its complicated forms.
Then strip it
of all rules and restrictions.
Now, consider the subject matter.
Free verse
would not be free enough
for the words I would choose
to describe
what I would like to do to you.
Maybe these types of instincts
weren't meant to be cheapened
with velvety phrasing
& sumptuous language.
You see,
I have this hypothesis
that poetry
would be just as effective
translated into raw action.
*(They really should have
shipped me off
to the nunnery
when they had the chance.)*
But they sent me to college instead—
where I learned
how to properly test
my hypotheses.
**Hot **** do I love research.**
Aug 28, 2013
Aug 28, 2013 at 3:30 PM UTC
Consider poetry
& all of its complicated forms.
Then strip it
of all rules and restrictions.
Now, consider the subject matter.
Free verse
would not be free enough
for the words I would choose
to describe
what I would like to do to you.
Maybe these types of instincts
weren't meant to be cheapened
with velvety phrasing
& sumptuous language.
You see,
I have this hypothesis
that poetry
would be just as effective
translated into raw action.
*(They really should have
shipped me off
to the nunnery
when they had the chance.)*
But they sent me to college instead—
where I learned
how to properly test
my hypotheses.
**Hot **** do I love research.**
© Bitsy Sanders, August 2013
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