L<o><o>K

Gold cherry

By well-wisher

Mon, 31 Aug 2015
  • 1717 reads
10 comments
 

L <o> <o> K

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AT MODERN LIFE>>>>

WHAT IS MODERN LIFE?

MODERN LIFE is EXCITING;

it's POWERFUL;

it's FAST;

it's BIGGER and BETTER;

it's $£XXXy;

MODERN

LIFE

is

for YOU!!

but i like small and simple, gentle things; like flowers and birds. i like the old fashioned pace of life. i don't want to be modern.

WHAT? WhaAaAt?!

ARE YOU CRAZY?

YOU DONT WANT A little,SLOW,DULL,BORING LIFE,

YOU WANT A LIFE THAT'S

FAST AS A SPEEDING================ LOCOMOTIVE;

LIFE in glorious 3><D;

S <--- TALL

K

Y

S

C <--- LIKE

R

A

P

E

R <--- A

or

explosive as

>KaA-BO0oM!<

b

u

t i really don't. i'm happy with my life just the way it is.

I only wish that you would let me be. Do you hear me?

LET ME BE!

Certificate U
Poem
Poems
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by scratch on

Wow, Fantastic experimental form!

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Really liked this - loved the structure and sympathised entirely with the sentiment!

Submitted by well-wisher on

Thanks, Scratch.

I was watching a TV documentary about Andy Warhol and I thought I'd try doing something in the style of magazine advertisments.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by well-wisher on

Thank you, Airy Fairy. Children are happy playing with empty boxes until a toy advert, like the serpent in Genesis, teaches them that they should want a toy made in a Taiwanese factory and, after that, they never again know contentment.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by love_writing on

Great format - love to see a bit of experimentation! I like how the natural voice is in normal font and the  modern voice is in 'screaming look at me' bold font. Can't agree more with the sentiments.

love_writing

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Funnily enough I think that sort of lie has been around in many forms ever since the serpent spoke! Peer pressure, trying to convince that buckets with holes work and satisfy, trying to distract from thought and compassion and appeal to the real source of comfort. Your format certainly is striking. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by scratch on

This is our Facebook and Twitter pick of the day!

Get a fantastic reading recommendation every day.

 

 

Submitted by braintrain on

This was great.I love the way my eyeballs were almost popping out my skull when I read it.

Right on!

Submitted by rosaliekempthorne on

Okay, that was pretty cool.  Great use of form to emphasise content.  Totally original.  Well done!

Submitted by celticman on

the sentiment is sound, we writers like clowning around.