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I Ate a Piece of Toast and Other Tall Tales

Attempting imagery after googling it once This was supposed to be the blurb But it's becoming the poem My measure of success Is getting it right, with minimal effort Because when I try And no one notices I get a bit... I don't know, maybe Splaying and unsplaying my fingers Like I've been working on my trigger work I get a bit coiled and my expectations Don't get met Perhaps because I've freeflowed To success quite a few times So I expect effort to work Like wall building Where every brick Gets a bigger wall That didn't work - my knowledge on walls is sparse But perhaps it's like blowing soap bubbles Slow and steady Can often result in your eyes stinging Because you thought you saw success On a wand, that wasn't magic But all the variables Of a random world Existed In your tiny experiment I remember When I spent a lot of time Perfecting spit bubbles I just checked and I don't appear To have retained the skill But I don't recall what the measure of Success was either Trying is also annoying Because when you stop You are suddenly unskilled In a way that winging it wasn't I'm dressed like a poet today This variable could go either way I might get so carried away with velvet And other textures That I have nothing to say (I think I'll do some more research)

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Date: 3/12/2023 11:39:00 AM
I love your poem! It's so interesting and clever and flows beautifully for free verse! I'm so sorry, though, that you've lost the skill of blowing spit bubbles. :)
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Date: 3/12/2023 11:45:00 AM
Thank you Ann, I'm not sure what category it would fall into genre wise. It's that funny thing where you ask someone about the apparently sudden leap from one conversation to another and they explain the path their brain took and it's all very strange (or maybe that's always just me haha!)
Date: 3/12/2023 8:10:00 AM
I'm in love with this style. It's so wonderful. "I just checked and I don't appear to have retained the skill" is such a great line. Great title as always. Saved poem for sure.
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Date: 3/12/2023 8:17:00 AM
It's good to hear, this is the stuff going on in my head I usually put on mute :) I'm happy experimenting with style though (and genuinely I checked what repertoire I still had in spit bubble blowing. I naturally went towards the music making side. Then recalled why I was forced to stop this endeavour in the first place...)

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