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Aha poetry is not real poetry. I am not interested in
That moment when
I can go
Aha! I get it now! This poem would be better off being
Left unwritten
Probably. But, you know, I am bored and bubbling
Over with self-pity
So with this poem I would like to either (1) elicit some
Sympathy or (2)
Make the world feel as bad as I currently do. This poem is
Not a noble poem
I am ashamed of this poem (by its end
I will be even more ashamed), If this poem existed in
Some other form than on this computer / I would advise it
Be burnt.
Maybe burn this computer? Today the meds just haven’t
Worked
I am dreading tonight
I will go to the pharmacist and explain about waking
At half three every morning
And that I don’t want that again and ask
If they can give me something
I will go and see a film about depressed vampires
YEAH
from Dress Down Friday
Behind, the whirring fan
On the desk. The man speaks
Unignorably
Two striped shirts
One white on red; one
Red on white
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And thanks to J. Tiplday who, to my knowledge, was the person who came up with the phrase ‘aha poetry’
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