People Poems · CTP-0005

Scam Artisan vs. Talking Poem

Original typewriter poem by Chris the Poet

Original typewritten page for Scam Artisan vs. Talking Poem by Chris the Poet

Transcription

"Write anything because the sound attracts" says Mark--not the apostle. As id attracts us to the sins our minds devise for him and her and us and we, unique cells in skull hells, well, so am I supposed to seduce the teetering populace from the straight and narrow farmer's market road--you know who I am... I'm your local poet! I [unclear word] these keys with raindrop falling fingers like I would bring about the flood-- being uncovenanted by rainbows-- but I make no claims to Godhood--in fact I prefer to think on it, on poetry, on crafting poems, as being a craftsman, an artisan--like Geppetto, observe Pinnochio? Can it come to life? Can it exclaim THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED A casual boy, it seems, a luck boy it seems, Wolfing looks from its Smith-Corona cradle at me! Obscene, Obscene, Toro! Toro! Yes I'm feeling bullish says he, saucy boy in red ink -- he belongs asleep on a pizza tucked in by CHEESE! Go to, go to pizza prince, the rest is pepperoni silence, sweet basil dreams, adieu! This is the poem speaking--this man is a word shucking huckster; writing poems for free!? Absurd! He must have an angle, a scheme, a scam--this is Miami afterall! Maybe he's conniving a fraudulent Senior home-healthcare scam...insurance scam... It's something--I know it! Keep your eyeballs on him...I would if I could but I'm just a poem you see...