Miscellaneous: May 2007 Archives
It was my senior year, and the school's literary magazine was accepting submissions. I submitted a few under my own name. Ironically, the point of the ones they accepted was that imagery and symbolism are nonsense, which was a direct assault on most of the works in the magazine. But that wasn't a prank, I just liked those verses, which happened to be from a song I wrote called Images (live performances by my band available at that link).
I decided (in keeping with the aforementioned anti-imagery in Images) to write the worst poem that I could, and submit it. I don't remember exactly how I decided to write it, whether it was free-from or whether I came up with theme first, but the result was pure crap. I submitted it under a pseudonym, and
When I saw it, I was in English class and I laughed out loud and told a friend what happened. One of the editors of the magazine overheard what I said. She probably still hates me to this day, but man, it was funny.
Without further ado, here's the crappy poem I wrote:
Roofers
closing in, allowed to fall--Randolph Hsilgne
Night sweeps over the land like the
blanket I pull over my
quavering head.
Things I have done
Dreams
(nightmares)
I have acted out
haunt my soul
shout my sin like so many
roofers,
stepping
dropping things
(nightmares)
on the
roof
(conscience)
sins I have forgotten reform as
debris, falling through the
air-conditioning vent
reminding me
not letting Me
forget
the
(sin)
debris.
Pudge's song "You're Clueless" is "dedicated to Boo the waterhole sneak, Stacy for telegraphing the vote, and Cassandra for pitching in with Dreamz."
SnC plays Pudge's "Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday." They write, "I'm sure that someone will be looking to take offence at this comedy song. Such a rarity on SnC. It just made me giggle - I suspect out of relief that maybe, just maybe we are coming to the end of the obligatory furrowed brows and downcast eyes at the very mention of 11th September. If anyone is or wants to be offended, I would suggest that they are very brave and face it, lots worse things than offence happen at sea. Oh dear, maybe that's offensive too."
Under the Carpet Music plays "Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday" by Pudge.
Multiple Sclerosis Blog plays "You're Clueless" by Pudge.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
