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)( /\ ( • ) /\ ___ many ( if not most ) Of our poems are written to A ...... You More properly spelled Y O U rising up as the ******* symbol that it is /::/ By addressing the poem to this Y O U The real audience ( the actual readers ) Are effectively erased from the writer's consideration And all responsibility for the poem is likewise erased • Y O U as the subject matter Totally de-personalizes the person who is the subject Of the poem and renders him as a mere object ( phallus ) In the writer's mind • This enables the writer to invent any SELF desired The usual SELF  is of THE VICTIM category // This VICTIM status Has been raised to a religious level As THE BROKEN PEOPLE have replaced THE CHOSEN PEOPLE as the god given identification for mankind • With its ritual mutilations ( real or fake ) Commanding its ritual amens And commiserations /// be wary DEAR YOUNG ONES and try to write real poetry For it can heal both you and the world
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 4:17 PM UTC
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)( /\ ( • ) /\ ___ many ( if not most ) Of our poems are written to A ...... You More properly spelled Y O U rising up as the ******* symbol that it is /::/ By addressing the poem to this Y O U The real audience ( the actual readers ) Are effectively erased from the writer's consideration And all responsibility for the poem is likewise erased • Y O U as the subject matter Totally de-personalizes the person who is the subject Of the poem and renders him as a mere object ( phallus ) In the writer's mind • This enables the writer to invent any SELF desired The usual SELF  is of THE VICTIM category // This VICTIM status Has been raised to a religious level As THE BROKEN PEOPLE have replaced THE CHOSEN PEOPLE as the god given identification for mankind • With its ritual mutilations ( real or fake ) Commanding its ritual amens And commiserations /// be wary DEAR YOUNG ONES and try to write real poetry For it can heal both you and the world
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 4:17 PM UTC
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