The Question

Cherry

By samhennig

Wed, 03 Nov 2010
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This is a question of who to blame
And how we make our money.

This is a question of how much shame
We are willing to endure,
For a word that is only that,
A pretence of a feeling.

This is not a question of our pain
Or our morals.

This is not a question of
Who we really are
Or why.

This is only a question of sex,
A question of desire and lust,
Therefore a question of money,
A question of the material,
The aesthetic.

Certificate 12
Poem
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Sooz006 on
Read this four times and liked it more on each read. I have been considering a similar question today, though not in terms of poetry. So this piece seemed relevant to my state of mind. Liked this, thanks.

 

Submitted by samhennig on
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it :)

Sam Hennig

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on
yes I like this too, it's definitely something you want to read a few times. "a question of whom to blame" - are you sure it should be whom? It sounds wrong to me

 

Submitted by samhennig on
Who instead? Perhaps what? Whom does sound a bit silly, but I can't lay my finger on the right word.

Sam Hennig

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on
I think it should be who - but I'm only going by what sounds right to me. I've totally forgotten the rules of it all

 

Submitted by samhennig on
I don't think poetry is about rules

Sam Hennig

Submitted by samhennig on
I definitely prefer who!

Sam Hennig

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on
not poetry rules - grammar rules!

 

Submitted by samhennig on
I knew that haha

Sam Hennig

Submitted by samhennig on
No that's not the way i saw it, but that's fine, it's up for interpretation. I wrote it more from the perspective of any person who lives a completely material existence, where sex replaces love almost as a commodity if that makes sense?

Sam Hennig