Result (Inspiration Point)
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By london_calling79
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Work
study
prep
sweat boils down to
black on white.
Pass or fail.
Quantified futures.
Best suit
practise
CV
questions lead to
in or out.
Pass or fail.
Mapped futures.
Whole month’s wages
permission sought
and gained
all comes down to
yes or no.
Pass or fail.
Planned futures.
Worry
pain
scan
sickness thins to
+ or -.
Pass or fail.
Calculated futures.
Whole horizon lines
thin to the spreadsheet
monosyllable.
We can play the odds,
move the boundaries,
season the result with a but and an if.
So much behind the printer ink lies, behind the
quantified, mapped, planned, calculated lives.
Seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months
and years of sleepless nights
waiting to see on which side
of the bars of the black and white
our futures lie.
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Comments
I don't want to criticize
I don't want to criticize this - only say I liked it and the fast pace works really well for the subject. Very good.
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A
A
great effort - enjoyed the pace and structure. I look forward to your next assignment.
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Excellent
Agree with A on this: pace and structure are perfect and it does a great job at conveying the anxiety attached to cold judgements passed by others. We all know this is a world full of grey areas and nuance, but often we're judged on black and white assessments. Well done.
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I can't see the connection
I can't see the connection with Poetry Monthly in this? Obviously it is IP, but is psychogeography coming in? Am I being blind? Rhiannon
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Are you sure that's a Poetry
Are you sure that's a Poetry Monthly ? I thought it was just the weekly Inspiration Point, but you may be right. Rhiannon
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You draw that moment of focus
You draw that moment of focus on results so well,the anxiety attached to 'the mapped life' is palpable. Thankfully reality is more flexible, but they won't know that until their lives go off route. In the spirit of marks to come: 9 (Why don't they just go up to 10?)
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