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Poems
May 2012
Cymothoa Exigua *****
Over the course of my tenure
I've noticed something about
These concrete walls and me.
Something's
changed i n m e.
Over the course of these days
It has completely eaten away
My tongue . Cutting a w a y
Neatly and p a i n l e s s l y .
It even has a personality, I've
Nicknamed him C l e e t i s P.
However, instead of parasiti-
-zing my life. It u p - graded
Me. Replaced that uncouth T
Somewhat enlightened m e .
Above the soloists -no longer
"I" or "me"; but "us" and "we"
you see self-communality i n
"we". It's slimy-self now fun-
-ctions as o u r newest *****;
A mouthpiece & a voicebox
It lives off of small drops o f
Blood from my tongue-stub
That won't ever, ever c l o t!
My business has a s e c r e t
I t s a y s t o m e :
Regardless of Earthly losses
Give y o u r everything to us
W e are your dearest bosses .
Pt. 2: Story of the communal CEO. About the poem's odd structure = it's a 7 story office building :-)
Written by
dj
Michigan
(Michigan)
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