{"id":311,"date":"2004-02-06T23:04:40","date_gmt":"2004-02-07T07:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=311"},"modified":"2005-12-22T20:25:05","modified_gmt":"2005-12-23T04:25:05","slug":"bad-poetry-from-my-writing-past-13-dont-tell-me-721991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Bad [Poetry] From My Writing Past #13: Don’t Tell Me (7\/2\/1991)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[…with today’s commentary in brackets.]<\/p>\n

Don’t tell me the stars
\nAre just balls of fire
\nWhich may have died out
\nLong ago.<\/p>\n

[They’re not just<\/i> balls of fire. They’re great<\/i> balls of fire!]<\/p>\n

Don’t tell me the moon
\nIsn’t made of green cheese
\nAlthough what you say
\nMay be so.<\/p>\n

[It looks more white than green, wouldn’t you say?]<\/p>\n

Don’t tell me the sounds
\nThat I hear at night
\nAre not made by small
\nFaerie folks.<\/p>\n

[Actually, that would be the neighbors, dear.]<\/p>\n

Don’t tell me the tales
\nThat I like to hear
\nAre nothing but life’s
\nGreat big jokes.<\/p>\n

[Hey, did you hear the one about the priest and the rabi?]<\/p>\n

Don’t tell me the facts
\nWhen I want the dreams;
\nReality is
\nVery dull.<\/p>\n

[Tell that to the networks!]<\/p>\n

My fantasy land,
\nIf I may confess,
\nIs pleasant, though not
\n“Liveable.”<\/p>\n

[Yeah, but when you’ve had a lobotomy, pretty much anything is “liveable.”]<\/p>\nShare this post:

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[…with today’s commentary in brackets.] Don’t tell me the stars Are just balls of fire Which may have died out Long ago. [They’re not just balls of fire. They’re great balls of fire!] Don’t tell me the moon Isn’t made of green cheese Although what you say May be so. [It looks more white than green, wouldn’t you say?] Don’t tell me the sounds That I hear at night Are not made by small Faerie folks. [Actually, that would be…<\/p>\n

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