Monday, March 29, 2010

Print is dead

Hmmm... Somebody emailed me an experimental poem. It's good to see the avant-garde spirit alive and well in these dull times. And email is a far better method of publishing and distributing literature than print.

Ake another cake for you. [_She makes a very, very small cake and puts
it in the oven._] BEGGAR. I thank you, good woman. [_The woman takes the
cake from the oven._] WOMAN. This cake is too large to give away. I will
give you a slice of bread. [_She cuts a slice from a loaf of bread._]
BEGGAR.
I thank you-- WOMAN. A slice is too much to give
away. Here
is a crust for you. [_The beggar shakes her head._] BEGGAR. May you
never taste cake again! May the very cake in your mouth seem to be
crust!
If you will not give, you shall not have! WOMAN.

Go, go! [_The beggar throws off her cloak; a_ FAIRY
_is seen._] WOMAN. A Fairy! You are a Fairy? FAIRY. I am the Fairy
of Good Deeds. You would not give--you shall not have! [_The Fairy
goes._] WOMAN. As if cake could
ever taste like
bread! 'Tis impossible--impossible! (_She

eats a cake._) What is this? I see


Yeah, I know it's just spam, but I like it. Well, sorta.

6 comments:

Helen said...

Imagine bongo drums and a smokey coffee shop, and this poem just gets worse.

Scott said...

If by worse you totally mean better.

Just telling it like it is said...

I'm not in to poems they make me have to think..

Helen said...

Nothing could make this better.

Scott said...

But it's got cake in it. Cake makes everything better.

Helen said...

Cake is rather delicious, I'll give you that.