Corr Lens

Tom

by Corr Lens

Sunday 19th July 2015 10:58 am

You aren't funny

You've grabbed the long rope and ditched

Your paddle.

Tom

It may be easier

It might pay better

But I know

I know

You have more to offer

Than plastic laughs

From recycled tape.

For a second it makes me sad.

For a minute it makes me think.

For an hour it makes me laugh.

For the rest of my life it will remind me

Of what a throat sounds like

When it's choking,

Not back and forth

But from inside to out,

Forever.

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Comments

Preeti Sinha

Wed 5th Aug 2015 19:15

This is great. You are not smug and you don't try too hard. The result is a damned fine read, subtle enough and not slave to any style

Corr Lens

Sun 26th Jul 2015 08:02

@davidmoore thank you, I forgot who I wrote it about but I just realized it's about Tom Bergeron from Americas funniest videos. At first I felt that fact trivialized the poem but now I feel it made it more powerfull haha.

Corr Lens

Sun 26th Jul 2015 08:01

@davidmoore thank you, I forgot who I wrote it about but I just realized it's about Tom Bergeron from Americas funniest videos. At first I felt that fact trivialized the poem but now I feel it made it more powerfull haha.

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