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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Bon Appetit

"Marlon Brando loves dark women, because he can't see them." --Jane, mental patient

"Children are the only ones who blush." --Lou Reed

The poissonier said to Marcel Proust,
"It isn't always about you.
I've got my own fish to fry."

Nemesis said to Narcissus,
"Get over yourself.
Eat those feewings, and stay out of the water.

Mott the Hoople met a frog and a local beauty for lunch,
and Pharaoh Menes came all the way from Memphis.
The menu was all-natural,
but none of them much liked being told to eat shit.
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70 words exactly (excepting the quotes at the top) for Words Count.



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21 comments:

  1. Maude LynnJanuary 22, 2015 at 2:09 PM

    "and stay out of the water." Outstanding.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 22, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    Know how many times I've told someone to get over themselves. There are a lot of people who think they are better than everyone else. Really annoys me when I meet people like this.

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  3. Archer's BonesJanuary 22, 2015 at 7:11 PM

    That was really fun! Love when poets make me think :)

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  4. LolamouseJanuary 22, 2015 at 7:25 PM

    Ha! Love the humor and intellect in this one!

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  5. HannahJanuary 22, 2015 at 10:03 PM

    Opening stanza...true that!!

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  6. Sioux RoslawskiJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:02 AM

    The first Mott the Hoople song I was unfamiliar with...The second one I knew well (didn't remember that was the title) and made me go zooming back four (yikes!) decades.

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  7. Kerry O'ConnorJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:09 AM

    A very clever response to the hunger theme.

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  8. hedgewitchJanuary 23, 2015 at 8:47 AM

    Clever and full of sly references.

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  9. Anjum Wasim DarJanuary 23, 2015 at 9:45 AM

    true

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2015 at 10:01 AM

    I can't imagine a better way to open a poem than by quoting a mental patient. Nor can I imagine a better way to close a poem than you have here.

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  11. MargaretJanuary 23, 2015 at 12:30 PM

    So tried to listen to the music - maybe he should have stuck to writing lyrics and not singing them? (sorry)…

    Sometimes mental patients can be spot on… I really do like opening poems with quotes.

    … and Narcissus - do people like this ever take advice?

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  12. MargaretJanuary 23, 2015 at 12:30 PM

    I'm sure those sly references went over my head … I'm just not educated enough ;P

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  13. brudbergJanuary 23, 2015 at 1:51 PM

    I can just say that an all natural menu got a new taste for me :-) need to tune in to some new (old) music I think

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  14. SusanJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:22 PM

    Maybe Narcissus is blushing along with the children? My own fish! hahaha. Clever and cool. I didn't get the last stanza, sorry.

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  15. Gillena CoxJanuary 23, 2015 at 3:06 PM

    like the sound of it, but i had to read and re read then reread again

    This is quite interesting and left me still thinking about meanings and metaphors

    much love...

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  16. Other MaryJanuary 23, 2015 at 8:28 PM

    Lol, "Get over yourself" :o)

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  17. EllaJanuary 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    I feel a rebel yell coming on-lol!

    I love this and you mentioned Marcel-one of my fav!

    Bravo, FB

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  18. MarianJanuary 24, 2015 at 11:02 AM

    yep, sly as heck. :)

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  19. C.C.January 24, 2015 at 8:21 PM

    This is so incredibly clever, especially "and stay out of the water"--brilliant :-)

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  20. Susie ClevengerJanuary 26, 2015 at 2:29 AM

    Poetry as only you can write. So love the Mott the Hoople one.

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  21. my heart's love songsJanuary 31, 2015 at 2:06 PM

    everything sounds better in French, even shit... "merde" see!

    ♥

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